When you find a coin has been damaged all along and you had absolutely no idea ....
I have spent a good part of the last few hours today removing some coins from what I'll call Fourth Party Grader's Slabs ...those companies that did not do such a good job consistantly anyways...to get them ready for eventual NGC certification .
I was almost devastated to discover an 1864 2 Cent Piece graded
MS-64 Brown had significant damage that COULD NOT BE SEEN through the slab for some reason ....someone lightly scratched the initials M V into the top of the shield on the obverse .
I examined each coin after removal and saw the scratches right away on this one .I didn't want to believe it . I looked again and again and again . I am flabberghasted that any grading service would have blantantly ignored the damage and slabbed the coin with a grade like it had .
I am enclosing a scan ...not sure if the picture will show the
damage or that even the basic details will show due to size of the scan .
This is the only example I have ever seen ( atleast so far ) of a significantly damaged coin like this making it into a slab with an UNC grade without the damage making it a details type grade .
What a profound disappointment .............
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