1889 CC bought au/raw

After reading about those buying raw coins and being disappointed, I present the other side of the...uh...proverbial coin. I preface this by saying, early on, I preferred raw coins and had a great looking set of Morgans in Dansco albums. I was searching for the 1889 CC and found one (on 8/19/2002) on Ebay that i watched and tried to snag at the last minute. It was sitting at $1700 or so and with 3 seconds left, I threw a $3500 bid on it. I won it for $1895. By the pictures posted, I felt it was a strong AU58 and even cleaned would have been worth the bid and then some. I was happy with the coin and it resided in the Dansco for a year or so. After winning a few large collections on Ebay that contained many certified morgans and gold coins, I decided to send in the Morgan keys that I had. I took them to a coin dealer friend who submitted them for me. Imagine my surprise when my friend called me a couple days before Christmas to tell me the grades on my coins. The 1889 CC came back as MS62PL, the one pictured with this post. (sorry about the 'paragraph', not sure how to html)

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