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| 1833 Capped Bust Half Dollar For Grading
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adam126402
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 Posted Yesterday 2:09 pm
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Cointagous, I appreciate your skepticism. I'm just reporting what I did. I was only wanting to darken up the rubbed spots. I have no reason to be deceptive, I don't get off on that sort of thing.
I will add that the outdoor window ledge is brick and as I didn't want to risk any scratches, I left it in a clear flip. So that's what I know.
As said, I'm going to put it out again for the summer, and I'll share more pics down the road. |
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| 1833 Capped Bust Half Dollar For Grading
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adam126402
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Posted Yesterday 12:59 pm
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| Jacrispies, as said above, I left it outside in direct sunlight, as in 8hrs day, in 90/100 degree temps with humidity ranging mostly from 40-70 on most days. It spent about 6 weeks on the obverse and two weeks on the reverse. Otherwise I did nothing to it other than an acetone bath which did nothing. |
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| 1833 Capped Bust Half Dollar For Grading
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adam126402
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Posted 05/11/2025 01:29 am
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As mentioned in some of the old posts on this one, it appears that the coin was rubbed on both the obverse and reverse. It was also mentioned that maybe I should soak it in acetone to see what happens. Acetone did nothing.
Given the rub marks, I decided to leave it on a window sill in direct sunlight, but outside last summer in 90/100 degree temps and moderate humidity. After about 6 weeks on the obverse and two weeks or so on the reverse, this is how it changed.
I'm going to set it out again here shortly for the summer, with a little more reverse exposure, and see where it ends up.
Had it not been for the annoying rubs marks, I wouldn't have experimented.
This was my first CBH purchase, and not a very good one. Thankfully I found CCF and other resources shortly after and have learned a whole heck of a lot since.
And yes, I know that this is sacrilegious to some, but it is a high mintage low value details coin, so I figured why not.
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| 1823 Capped Bust Half Contemporary Or Modern Counterfeit?
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adam126402
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United States
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Posted 05/10/2025 02:21 am
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I found this in the in-law collection. Purchased long long ago for $26.
It's weighs a little short at about 13.1 grams, diameter and thickness are in line and it is not magnetic.
Overall, looks highly suspect though the edge, despite dings, actually looked a little better than I expected in terms of the lettering given how poor all the other details are. Obviously has some see funky corrosion on the reverse.
I wondered about maybe someone fooling around and casting this sometime is the last 30 or 40 years. But why bother, definitely not rare, looks like maybe O-112 which is R.1. And is it casting of a worn coin or a contemporary circulated counterfeit?
What are your thoughts, contemporary or modern counterfeit?
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