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United States
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At this point, someone with a talent for whizzing could probably improve its appearance...
How would you like that to be your claim to fame? "What do you do for a living?" "Me? Oh I ruin extremely valuable collectable coins... But I'm one of the best in the world..." |
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United States
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that is so bad looking the scratches are the worst  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Scratches or not, it is still a key date and is worth more than melt. In AG this coin is valued at 250. So given what it would have graded, asking less than AG price is fair.
If it were to go for 100, I would likely buy it and try to buff out the worse of the scratches. I can almost guarantee I can improve that coin and have a key date coin I would not have otherwise.
It looks to me like it was cleaned with a pencil eraser. I did once when I was a kid and the result looked a lot like that.
And I have to point this out as this drives me nuts. Its is NOT COULD OF. Could of is WRONG. The word is could've, which is a contraction of could have. Same goes for would of or should of. THIS makes me cringe.
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04/18/2012 10:52 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Maybe it will re-tone in about 200 years. But toning won't help all the scratches. At $100 I'm probably buy it, drop it in my pocket with my other change and carry it for a year or two. |
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United States
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NGC has a details description of "Improperly Cleaned" This coin would need a completely new title |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
In the far, distant future our lazer sciences will be so great that the average person will be able to refill all those scratches. Even now Lazers are used to imprint numbers on a diamond for authenticating. So imagine filling in those scratches one at a time.  |
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United States
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NGC has a details description of "Improperly Cleaned"
Do they have a description of "Properly Cleaned"? Or is this one of those official things that belongs in the department of redundancy department? |
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United States
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Unfortunately I have seen way too many key date coins just like this, usually from people that just don't know any better. At a shop I worked in we had a lady bring in her late husbands coin collection, wich she had polished up with the silver polish to make his old coins look pretty (I'm sure it was in hopes of getting a better price), sad to see what was probably once a nice XF 1889-CC turned into an almost identicle looking coin as the one in the above auction, he had a lot of the key date coins in US series too - all ruined. 1893-S morgan, 1909-S vdb, 1914-D every one of them was freshly polished to within an inch of their lives.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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United States
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looks to me like a perfect "hobo dollar" prototype.
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Canada
987 Posts |
This coin nearly brings tears to my eyes. What a shame.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Send it to Daniel Carr. He can fix it!
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow, sold for $208....probably gonna be polished and resold.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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United States
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Wow, did someone take a power sander to that poor coin?  Seriously, someone melt it and put it out of its misery. |
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United States
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Hey! I would take it as a hole filler! Anyone with a budget would be happy to have this!
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