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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm no expert, but a cleaning never crossed my mind. I would have guessed xf45.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2120 Posts |
Yea, I don't agree with the cleaning portion. I figured this could go AU. Hard to tell with Washington's if its die wear or circulation wear. You have to be able to manipulate light angles to tell.
i think $230 is a great price. This coin is easily in XF+ territory. And if it is AU and mis-graded as cleaned, if you can get it re-slabbed, it would be a very good deal.
I would be happy with this coin as is, in an album for $230 all day long. Nice pick up!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was going to guess EF-45. From the picture, I don't see any reason to call it cleaned. I guess they were just having a bad day.
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Moderator
 United States
16679 Posts |
You have to remember, ANACS loves the term "cleaned".
8/10 coins I've seen in their holders, have some kind of problem.
My advice, crack it out and come time to sell, if that's your goal eventually, sell as problem free.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
10038 Posts |
You guys have made me feel even better about this gem. I remembered the advice the CCF family has given in the past to buy the coin and not the slab. So I did some looking around. I am still learning about slabs and their actual impact in the hobby. But I saw this one and thought it just looked too close to an original.
I was happy with the price I paid anyway - but now am even moreso. If I do ever go to sell - and maybe before (I think jbuck just smiled) - the plastic will be gone.
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United States
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If I do ever go to sell - and maybe before (I think jbuck just smiled) - the plastic will be gone.  |
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Valued Member
United States
487 Posts |
I had an unc roll of 1955 franklins and pulled what I thought was the best one out to send to anacs only to have it come back MS 60 cleaned, I don't send coins to anacs anymore.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10038 Posts |
Interesting on the 55 Franklins. What few coins I ever get done will most likely go through NG since my local coin dealer will send them in for me free of charge. He told me, one of a couple dealers to do so, that he feels dealer will get higher grades on the slabs anyway.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Besides authentication slabbing leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I'm very much anti grading companies. May I respectfully say slobbing. edit- I agree this coin looks original  Edited by upstate
06/05/2012 8:01 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Besides authentication slabbing leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I'm very much anti grading companies. May I respectfully say slobbing.
 thay are buggers of things to open and only add cost to the coins  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The only reason I have slobbed anything is b/c my wife and kids know nothing of coins. If they end up with me not here, it will be easiest for them to get the value out of the coins just b/c of the slabs. They also will know which ones specifically are a little more special than the others. In this way I feel I use it to my advantage. However, I am old enough to see the fun these services took out of the hobby, and overall I do not like them When they first came into being I saw them as a money making venture by the ones making the TPG's and still see them as this. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Of course they're trying to make money....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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May I respectfully say slobbing. I suggest we all now use slobbing with double letters at the beginning and end: SSlobbingg. (I really miss reading his responses  ) I am copying the idea from SSuperDDave. Edited by CoinsKelly
06/07/2012 1:36 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
987 Posts |
There are a few coins I wouldn't buy if they weren't slabbed by a reputable TPG. Among them are 1909 S-VDB Lincoln, 1914-D Lincoln, 1912-S Liberty Head nickel, 1916-D Mercury dime, 1901-S Barber quarter (I wish) and of course 1932 D and S Washington quarters. These are coins that are counterfeited or altered so often that there almost as many fakes as real ones out there. So if you're planning on keeping the coin forever, by all means take it out of the slab. But if you plan to sell it in the near or not so near future, I would suggest leaving it right where it is. You will certainly get many more offers if people are certain it's the real deal. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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@Peter4805 - this is my feeling exactly. Besides that - back when the Chinese Big Tree Coin Co. was selling on ebay a few years ago, I bought quite a few fakes so I could educate myself on how to tell the counterfeits. I realized that within a few years I wanted a good 32D and S so I deliberately bought fakes of these. Now I have two fakes sitting in the holes in my album so I can keep better ones in slabs (but again, just so if something happens to me, my family will know which coins need special attention and the slab has all the pertinent detail they will need). |
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