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Pillar of the Community
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Are you suggesting they have been cleaned and then re-toned? Essentially yes. None of these really have an "original" look to them. Seems like they look different than 90% of the Mercury dimes on ebay. This dark toning just seems very uniform across the devices and fields, which I was thinking is suggestive of some kind of polishing/cleaning. Also, where is the luster on the 1919-D. In this state of preservation (i.e., limited wear), we'd expect luster. So the seller is just very bad at taking photos, or the luster just isn't there. Others' thoughts? |
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Looks like there's luster on the 1919-D to me. It's possible it could have been dipped and retoned but if so it wasn't a harsh dip, so I doubt it. Still plenty of luster it looks like, you would just need better lighting to make it pop through the toning.
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The 1919-D is up to $56, I'm gonna pass on this one. There's an obv rim ding at 6 o'clock and luster is a bit too subtle in these photos. I guess I see some flow lines in obv fields near "Y" and near "LI", and maybe some on rev but more would better in my opinion. I find it odd that all four specimens have similar coloring, and at least two look polished. So I'm guessing it is just funky lighting and maybe the toning isn't really that dark.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Of all of them, the second one has the best eye appeal in my opinion and seems to be the highest grade.
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Pillar of the Community
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 Well, that went for more than I expected. Then again, it does look to be FSB. Edited by one_fine_dime
01/27/2019 6:51 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Here's my rule of thumb: if I'm not sure whether a coin is cleaned then I pass on it. I like coins in their natural state and I'd rather have a rough coin than a cleaned coin.
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The 1st Coin ( 1919-D ) look's like it was a Metal Detecting Find and has Environmental damage The 1926-S Mercury looks the same to me as I look into the denticle's .  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Mercury dimes can be tricky as to whether or not the surfaces are original. Here is one of mine.  
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Pillar of the Community
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goldnugget - YES, certainly a possibility. love the little detector dude! jimbucks - nice specimen there! hard to tell from the photos, but looks to be plenty of luster. I'm sure your MS68 is all original surfaces, do you disagree? Quote:
if I'm not sure whether a coin is cleaned then I pass on it yes, I generally agree. I typically skip it or ask about it here. I did just buy a 1923-S Mercury dime that had some cleaning but it was higher grade, the cleaning didn't look too harsh in the photos, and, maybe most importantly, I got it for a price around five times lower than it would have likely gone for otherwise. I'll likely post some photos in a new thread after I get it this week. As has been discussed elsewhere, some cleaned coins can "recover" and become "market acceptable" over time. Edited by one_fine_dime
01/27/2019 8:53 pm
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@ OP , sorry but I'm not a fan on anyone of those Dimes so I would not bid on any of them .  |
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It's the grayish tan areas on the 1919-S that say "cleaned" to me. The spots of that appearance on the reverse above DIME are what you get when you dip a circulated coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks, I skipped all these. More interested to understand why they look the way they do than to actually bid on them. The 1919-D and -S had great details, but the flat lackluster surfaces concerned me (or maybe this seller is just horrible at coin photography (or both)). Here's the final tally, seems to me all 4 went for right around market prices.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Glad it's all over. I'd have liked to have all of them. But to late now.
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I'd have liked to have all of them.  So I take it no concerns on the coloring or surfaces? |
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