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While rather cool this is just damage.

Agreed soak the coins in acetone and it should remove all the foreign matter, its possible that both coins might still show signs of the gunk that is on them depending on if or not the PVC and other stuff has eaten into the surface.

Thanks for the comments and thoughts on grade, this is an old ACG holder graded as MS64. A very conservative grade given ACG's reputation, hard to say how NGC would see it but I certainly think that 64+ or 65 is not out of the question. I have no doubt that the coin was blast white when it was slabbed and the rim tone developed over time in the holder as the tone is more prevalent on the coin where it is closest to the label. Fun coin to share and I hope everyone enjoyed playing along.

I just had a few coins imaged for me by Mark Goodman and I really like this coin, just wanted to share. Take a grade guess if you like.

I had no interest in either and am very happy and stress free today.

I upgraded these over the past couple of years so we'll see if anyone can use one or both. Both are basically untoned and both are in the older (keyed) holder without the edge prongs. Both are solid for the grade, both are well struck examples and if not for an unfortunate cut across the steps on the left side the 1940 would have been called FS too. I have photos of the 1940 that Mark Goodman took for me, I will add some photos of the 40-D soon. 1940 NGC MS67 $105 shipped fee free pmt 1940-D NGC MS66 6FS $SOLD shipped fee free pmt Also up for sale is is this beautiful 1940-S Washington quarter PCGS graded MS66 with CAC green bean. Looks undergraded to my eye but I'm not an expert in this series, $125 shipped fee free payment or add 3% for regular paypal.

I would have loved to have bought that NGC 40S Walker that sold on GC last night, I put in a placeholder bid of $2,100 knowing it would go for much more. As expected it went for over $4K so sadly it did not come home with me, would have added over 4K in registry points.

Dansco makes a first rate product and your beautiful mint state coins will look really nice in that album.

Better save some money, catching that 1945 set will cost you a ton in upgrades.

That is cool that the 40 set has a similar meaning for us both. Never say never, the 41-S walker had been moving down some in price since 2015 difficult to say if it will stabilize going forward or if the hot market will lift prices again. I see you bought that 40-P in 67+ from eBay, nice addition. I considered it just to up the NGC points but decided that doubling up on that date/grade was not a good choice for me as my goal is the overall point lead not the NGC only points. I'll be watching your progress.

Just another opening day for a hot mint release.

That is a very cool Connecticut @Hoghead515 she does have some porosity but no reason to kick that to the curb, congrats on the newp.

It would appear that you got what you were promised, glad that you are happy and it turned out well for you. The coin looks to grade AU at the highest, (would need to see both sides to say more on the grade) enjoy your new purchase.

Your welcome sir, and I look forward to sparing with you again this year.

@Revenant has it correct, at the 2020 registry cutoff I had the most total points all coins combined, you had the most points NGC certified coins only. Ergo you won the NGC best in category award and I won the best in category award. There have been some recent changes to the registry system; specifically to the old collectors society system; as now if you attempt to access the sets using that system it automatically redirects you to the new registry format where you cannot toggle from all coins and only NGC graded coins as you could in the old system. Or at least I have been unable to find that function in the new registry system so far, so when you view the new system it just shows my set as number one. Another change to the registry system last week was the addition of CAC bonus points, and that is why I now hold the top spot for both the overall combined score and the NGC graded only coins. If you totally eliminate the three PCGS coins in my set my new score after the CAC bonus points were added is 13,371 to your 13,182, so at this moment my set has the best score for both combined and NGC only coins. For what its worth I do agree with you on the scoring of PCGS coins in the NGC registry. I have said many times here on the forum that I very much enjoy being able to display both my NGC and PCGS coins in my registry sets. But when it comes to scoring those PCGS coins should be given scores of 0 and only one best of category award should be given for the set that scores the highest NGC graded only. However I don't make the rules, so I play the game the way its setup.

This is a Hallmark slab and as far as I know Hallmark only had one slab label generation. According to my info Hallmark was founded by Q David Bowers and Lee Bellisario and began operations in 1987 and closed operations in 1991. This was the timeframe when the TPG model was hot and many firms were created in an attempt to tap the new numismatic market of third party grading. I have been told that Lee was the main grader and that overall the grading was considered very conservative. However Hallmark did not capture the fancy of dealers/collectors I have read that some did not like the look of the slab, other stories I have heard simply say that Hallmark did a poor job of marketing itself to dealers. When Hallmark closed up the assets were sold to PCI and PCI used this slab with the green insert for a few years before going to the gold/yellow insert. The early PCI holders that look like this one were also considered conservative, but had three generations of the green slab label. Once that company changed hands the grading became atrocious, luckily its easy to know by the slab label when PCI was sold. I have a few examples of most of the PCI slab generations but not a Hallmark. I bought it for my holder collection, I've had opportunities to purchase Hallmark slabs before but by now most of the really nice coins have been broken out and moved to other holders like NGC or PCGS. This one is a rather unusual opportunity to buy not just the holder but to also find one with an attractive coin inside so I'm very happy to add it to my stash of old and defunct holders

A modest somewhat pedestrian purchase that I bought for the holder and was pleasantly surprised with the amount of color around the rim. Just a couple of quickie photos, I'll need to redo in order to play with the lighting to lose the harsh glare and hotspots.

Yes it is a reasonable expectation, however someone else's definition of truthfulness or honesty may not align with yours.

Bob posted the chart so you can see that the melt or silver value is not the same as the spot price which is for one oz of .999 fine silver. Ebay is a big marketplace for sellers but it is also an expensive one even for sellers with eBay stores like the seller you bought from. A seller with a store has to pay around 9% of his sale in fees, then add in his markup and the cost of the item and you can see why many eBay sales are high retail prices. Again nothing wrong with your purchase you have very little downside with purchases in this range, but sales like this do add up after awhile and its just this type of sale range that the sellers of counterfeit and fake goods often target. Its common for folks to make a few of these purchases and then attempt to sell to a local dealer only to be told that they have bought over priced goods or outright worthless fakes. Its unfortunate for the buyers and can cost folks some significant money over time and a lot of buys.

With the recent changes to the old collectors society system and the deletion of the sets in that system my sig line is now rather messed up. Is there a way to reference those sets in the new registry format in our sig lines? If I click on the set in my sig line it will take me to the set in the new format, but how do I format the sig line so it does not say no set found.

If your such an expert why are you asking us?

I have never seen one before, it looks like some type of promotional piece that a bank might have used or something that a basement slabber would fill with low AU coins. As to the price you paid its high retail, not unusual for eBay but certainly not a great deal. Assuming its real and not a fake you paid $33 for $21.60 (todays spot value) in silver value. I'm not trying to beat you up and if your happy with the deal that is what matters, just suppling you with some facts and knowledge that you may or may not be aware of.

I have circled the area in your photo that I think you are concerned with, if this is the spot it appears normal from what I can see. Many if not most slabs will have a spot or two like that where the plastic is melted together by the sonic sealing process. Now if that area is pushed in or appears that someone stuck a screwdriver in into the plastic leaving a void then that would not be normal. If your concern is along the lower right side it does look like the slab has been dropped or damaged and is missing some small bit of the plastic. I cannot tell from your photo is that area of the slab has been compromised, nor can I see the coin well enough to make any determination as to if there is any problems with it.

That is a very nice shield for your collection @Woods020 Crisp!!