I broke it out, cleaned a lot of it off, and had it reslabbed. The date pics are before and after. The coin looked like the "crud" was growing and I had to do something. I think more would have come off, but I did not want to risk getting a details grade coin back when I had it reslabbed.

The coin was my first major key date buy. I have learned a lot since then. I will not buy anything like it again. A dealer I know well told me it was my "tuition" coin. I paid for the learning experience. I bought the slab and not the coin. It is headed to the TSNS show to find a new owner before CDN bid goes down any more.