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jsbruton Valued Member United States 271 Posts	Posted 01/12/2013 7:56 pm I bought a used Dansco type album this weekend, and I'm rounding up coins to go in it. All these coins are no# 2 or no# 3 coins so the rest of my coin albums remain the same. Since this book does not have the gold page I should be able to fill it up pretty easy. I'm guessing it's close to AU. Edited by jsbruton 01/12/2013 8:01 pm Report this Post to the Staff

mkman123 Pillar of the Community United States 3184 Posts	Posted 01/12/2013 10:19 pm is this real? Be careful as the Chinese make lots of fake Trade dollars Report this Post to the Staff
Joe2007 Pillar of the Community United States 3843 Posts	Posted 01/13/2013 01:17 am If it is authentic then I would grade it as AU55 Details. The rim ding and the cleaning take away a lot from the coin IMO. Report this Post to the Staff
murrellington Pillar of the Community United States 3276 Posts	Posted 01/13/2013 01:51 am How can you tell if it is cleaned or not? Check this one for example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1878-S-Trad...em53f2ddfd94 Has lots of similar hairlines but it is slabbed problem free. They look similar to me. Report this Post to the Staff
Joe2007 Pillar of the Community United States 3843 Posts	Posted 01/13/2013 05:44 am Similar coin. In a details holder for improper cleaning. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1877-S-Trad...em27ced53516 Similar coin with hairlines. Problem free holder. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1878-S-Trad...em53f2ddfd94 Experts in this series can you weigh in? Edited by Joe2007 01/13/2013 05:46 am Report this Post to the Staff
chesterb Pillar of the Community United States 1261 Posts	Posted 01/13/2013 09:55 am Joe2007, It's really hard to comment without having the coins in hand. Finding an uncleaned, problem free, nice Trade dollar is a tough thing. Personally, I think the majority have been damaged in some way. The tell-tale signs of a cleaned Trade dollar for me is the white color and hairlines, usually, in parallel. The fields are pretty big on these coins so it's hard to hide the lines if it's been cleaned previously. The one NGC AU-55 coin may have some luster remaining so it must have market acceptable but even it looks like it had an old cleaning at some point. Report this Post to the Staff
jsbruton Valued Member United States 271 Posts	Posted 01/13/2013 3:20 pm Y'all are right it is an AU.55 and the reason I did not put it in my Trade dollar book is the rim bruise. As for being authentic it is no doubt I picked it up at a major coin auction in Midland TX last year. Report this Post to the Staff
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