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I totally agree! You could find the liberty Walking halves in that condition as well and cheaper to boot. |
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Interesting. There appears to be a smooth ridge going from 12 o'clock to 6' c'lock on the obverse (a straight line from Liberty's head to her foot)... is that coincidence or is that the high point of the ASE design? $60 though? Yikes. |
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Whats up with all the extra metal along the rims? And is that a Cud or a major rim ding on the reverse? And is that coin really in a slab or an airtite? The sellers photo hides what is around the coin and doesn't show a picture of the entire slab. And why isn't this coin in the PCGS Photograde page? The cert number checks out on the PCGS site but they don't have a picture so there is still a chance that coin may not match that cert. Heck, I could save that cert picture and create an ebay auction and throw a 2002 Eagle in my pocket for a year and claim I cracked it out and that is why it isn't slabbed anymore but tell people to look it up on the PCGS site. Something doesn't look right. Jus' Sayin'.  |
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Just throw an ASE into a shell tumbler for a while and you can make your own  |
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That would be cheating. However it does totally make up my mind on my next pocket piece. The ridge from toe to head is the high point on a walker half. Seeing that the design is pretty much a copy of it, I makes sense that it will have the same wear spots. Super interesting that the date wasn't protected more like in the later walkers. I'm assuming the wear on the reverse rim is just the silver in the rim being moved around and wearing down. Perhaps faster then in a 90% coin and more noticeable giving the appearance of Cuds. Or maybe ring dims that got worn down. Edited by Bertensgrad
01/17/2016 3:42 pm
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I think you nailed it trout. The coin does have the random natured markings and somewhat mushy/glossy apperance of a tumbled coin. It would explain the rim folding too being soft 999
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Do you think that could make it past the graders? That ebay account belongs to the Lost Dutchman coin shop. I just find it hard to believe that lost Dutchman would pretend like it's in a slab. It's the biggest coin dealer in Indianapolis and have a extremely good reputation here, I go in their shop a few times a year. Anyways I feel like a experiment coming on. I wanted a pocket piece again. Maybe I can take a picture of it every month and weigh it to see how it changes. I would take a bullion or uncirculated eagle from 2015 and give it natural wear. Edited by Bertensgrad
01/17/2016 4:59 pm
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Why would someone pay 60$ for that?
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Bert, yes I think it can make it past the graders and hey LD just had a slabed coin to sell. Could *I* be wrong, sure. Oh and go check the last few pages on the pocket piece thread and you'll see JackJeckel did an ASE last year and after 11 months it just looked like an impaired proof. It's gonna take a heck of a lot of time to make an ASE look even remotely like this slabbed one without mechanical intervention Edited by Cascade
01/18/2016 07:09 am
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Yeah I'm going to use a non proof version. My first niece was born 2015 and I started getting her a world bullion coin every year for her birthday. I figure I carry it around until she is 18 and give it to her as a graduation present or even longer. So as long as I don't lose it I have plenty of time to wear it down. Definitly miss my Ike to fiddle with after it was stolen.
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Shouldn't this be in the NCLT and Commem forum?
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Rest in Peace
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Most folks put ASE in the bullion category, as it is here. |
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Quote:Most folks put ASE in the bullion category... That is a statement that needs qualification. There are plenty of proof and UNC ASEs that do not fall into the bullion category. Granted, they are a small fraction of the overall mintage numbers. However, if this coin had a "W" on the reverse, it would definitely belong in the NCLT forum. |
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In the old days (6 months ago) ASE's were discussed in the Modern Coin forum. Then the Commemorative only forum all of a sudden became the Commem and NCLT forum and all of the ASE threads got moved there. Based on that logic this thread should be there. If someone posted I bought 50 ASE's today for $15 each then that would be a bullion topic. Jus' Sayin' And that coin has been tumbled. Here's mine after 13 months in true circulation.   Edited by jack jeckel
02/02/2016 10:19 pm
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