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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I can see EF-40 on this one, but I'm not too sure the surfaces are original.
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Canada
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Agree completely with IGE
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Thabks for the input guys! She's a filler for now till I get a better one. To me looks like it might have been cleaned a while back and possibly retoned?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm in the EF-40 camp here, for the reasons stated by @dave700x and others. The weak New Orleans strike mimics wear on the usual points. You came in 10% below Greysheet on this one, so I'd say that you did a good job of pricing it.
For what it's worth, I could probably count on one hand the well struck 1895-O Morgans I've ever seen with good eye appeal, and all of them were way too rich for my blood. This date is frustrating. Your coin is better than a filler for this date.
One thing that concerns me a bit about your coin is the carbon spotting on the reverse. You may want to keep an eye on that.
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@FortCollins.....
In regards to the black spots (carbon spotting) on the Reverse, what should I do if it gets out of control and it starts growing?
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If the carbon spots (actually they are sulfur spots, but we all call them carbon spots) start growing, you have a bit of a Hobson's Choice.  You can leave the coin slabbed, and hope the spots do not damage the coin to the point the coin loses value. You can send the coin to a TPG conservation service, to have the spots removed. If the coin is left alone, the spots could spread. Whatever contamination started the spots is still on the coin's surface, and the slab doesn't prevent it from continuing to react with the alloy to produce silver sulfide or copper sulfide. If the coin is conserved, the spots likely can be removed, but there are two risks. First, you don't know what lies beneath the spots, and what lies beneath could be more prominent than the spots. Second, the removal process could result in a details grade. That's rare with professional conservation, but it happens. |
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@fortcollins, not sure if this is the right place to do this, but I am new so plead ignorance .... I am originally from Cheyenne....
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Edited by Jayyk31
09/14/2019 5:35 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I like it. To me the eye appeal is at least average for a 40 and the price was right. Plus the old small ANACS holders are cool. Nice pick up.
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Bedrock of the Community
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On review, I think you did well.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Congrats for scoring a VAM-3A!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm still at XF40 but I agree it had an old cleaning and retoned. not a big deal
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Thabks guys! I never had the small ANA slab. I like the smaller slabs |
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Any premium on the VAM3a over the regular price? It's a "WOW!" , not a topp 100 or 50 so I'm not sure if it would bring any extra $$$.
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Edited by Jayyk31
09/15/2019 11:55 am
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