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Bedrock of the Community
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The plug shows more on the reverse, the field by the eagles left talon (viewers left).
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Pillar of the Community
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I see a smooth egg shape spot at 11 O'clock in front of the L in Liberty on the obverse.
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You can see the plug at the top of the turban, before the "L" of Liberty. The coin had an old cleaning, was ex-jewelry and is justified in having a details grade. Personally, it has too many problems for me to buy something like this. I would much rather have a problem-free coin than this one. Pass.
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Plugged coins are usually far more obvious, and show round plug marks.
I don't think it was. Similar planchet marks show faintly on other parts of the coin. It looks like a high-end R6+ and worth a lot.
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Gold is soft and easier to plug well than silver. It also does not tarnish as much making for matched surfaces after the plugging and smoothing. It will probably bring $8K or so. Normally I avoid big money problem coins, but this is pretty rare even for Heraldic Eagle gold.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Plugged coins are usually far more obvious, and show round plug marks. There are a few good restorers than can do a plug that is almost undetectable. |
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I agree buy a problem free coin and sleep at night
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Pillar of the Community
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If you want this specific variety, and if the choice is between an $8K price for this one verses a $100K+ price for a similar but non-problem piece I could understand the temptation. Will the coin continue to satisfy after the purchase? That's a question you should consider before placing your bid.
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05/30/2017 10:11 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:Look at the Heritage coin https://coins.ha.com/itm/1799-10-la...Position=0|0There is a faint rectangular mark on BOTH sides at exactly the same place as on the Stack's coin, but that one is not described as 'plugged'. That one is not described as "plugged" because it is not plugged. The coin the OP linked is plugged. It has been viewed in-hand by several expert numismatists (at a minimum) and all agreed it is a holed/plugged coin. You cannot tell from the images so don't kid yourself into thinking you can tell vs. experts viewing the coin(s) in-hand. |
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So the rectangular marks on the Heritage coin mean nothing.
Thanks for explaining them.
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New Member
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I think people have overracted massively to the brutal description of this coin as 'plugged', a description normally used to describe a crude and obvious attempt to fill a hole.
By contrast, the expert seems to have made it almost imperceptable, so that only the slightest disturbance to the area where there was a hole is all that can be seen.
'Skilfully repaired' and 'barely perceptable', it does not detract from the coin's appearance in any way.
By the way, I contacted Stack's about the letter 'U' on the reverse. It is exactly as all the other letters - I was told the light reflection shone on the capsule and reflected back.
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