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I am looking to buy this coin but want to make sure it looks original. What are your thoughts?   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***Edited by Jsalsa123
08/06/2016 9:14 pm
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United States
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Looks good to me. Some spots, but quite common.
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What color does this look? Will those spots stop it from getting graded? What grade might you suspect?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I doubt if the carbon spots would prevent it from being assigned a clean grade of somewhere around 62/63 R&B.
The color looks typical red and brown.
It is not worth slabbing in my opinion.
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The only reason I would slab it is because it is the Die 2 DDO from 1955. But if it would get a MS 62 63 RB I think I will purchase. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If that is what you are talking about then I'd want to see a close up on the In God We Trust. I think most of us thought you were referring to a normal 1955.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thx for the clarification on the variety. Your original pics did not show it and you didn't mention it either.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The amount of spotting makes me think cleaned. Nice DDO though. Edited by edweather
08/06/2016 10:12 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't know whether this is a particularly desirable variety but obviously it is overshadowed by the "big" DDO for this year. The coin you posted has large and distracting carbon spots that would make it unappealing I think to most collectors. You would be lucky to get an MS-62 RB grade IMO. Unless it's a screaming bargain I would be looking for a more attractive example. FYI, here is a PCGS-graded MS-63 RB example of the big DDO (FS-101). This one sold for $3500 on Heritage earlier this year.  |
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I'd pick the coin up if the price were right. I've got a few of them and this variety is tougher to find than the "Big One." Speaking of the Big One, here's mine:  |
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The spots do drop the price because if someone were looking to buy one, it would probably be a deal breaker.
In lower grades the price drops a bit
F12 30.00 VF20 55.00 EF40 90.00
I would probably wait to get a better coin to submit.
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08/08/2016 09:45 am
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