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You're right, I don't know that he did it but I did go through his feedback a bit.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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I don't think he's responsible for the cleaning - he's offering coins which are original, as well - he's just someone who is willing to trade in altered coins, not mentioning the fact, without compunction.
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The joy of filling a big hole in my Mercury dime collection (I got a beautiful 1926S coming to me from Minnesota!) was soon replaced with distain. I'm down to 3 holes (1916D, 1921P and 1925D). I was scouring ebay for the '21P and found a large number of cleaned/polished/altered surfaces. For such a difficult coin, it's a real shame that this was done. One in particular was at least a VF without the help... Ugh! |
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I'm a terrible photographer - and only have my cell camera - but here is my current merc album!   |
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Looks good BuffalosRock! Yes. I agree ebay is a double edge sword, sometime you get bargains, other time you get garbage. |
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Thanks macmercury, I put a lot of time into it. Kept the 1940 and up to $12 or less pricepoint per coin, rest of that page to $40 or less. TRIED to keep to that $40 budget on the first page but couldn't! LOL ;)
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Dang Buffalo, wish your pics were better. I like looking at others albums. Looks like you have the 16-D left also.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Buffalo's... despite your self-admitted lack of photography skill, that is a beautiful Merc collection!
You did exceptionally well to keep your costs down. I know firsthand how difficult it is to find teens and twenty's Mercs at less than $40 that have quality finishes and haven't been cleaned. Yesterday, I just got an exceptional deal -- I got uncleaned VF+ '26S for $28.50. I need the '16D, 21P and '25D to finish my run. Then I have to go back and upgrade some 'over circulated' examples in my collection.
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Chetzler, 50, 75, 100, 150+ year old silver tarnishes. Over time, especially if the coin has been in an album and the tarnish layer is allowed to thicken without normal circulation to wear it off, they become darker. For me, a toned Merc. is more attractive than lighter coins. I specifically look for F,VF, EF album toned coins. I prefer the look and many times they are cheaper. MS coins aren't as attractive to my eye. I'm definitely in the minority. It works well for my wallet too. You also have to be aware of artificially toned coins. My pet peeve. A whole other discussion. Also, coins that have been polished with a jewelers cloth have a specific look. Slick and shiny. The chemical on a jewelers cloth arrests the tarnishing process and the coin resists naturally re-toning and never regains a natural look. The upside to all this polishing is it makes the unmolested coins more scarce and eventually more valuable. The 1919 D below is kinda how I like them. It's nothing special. Just one I had riding around with me today.   |
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Dang Buffalo, wish your pics were better. I like looking at others albums. Looks like you have the 16-D left also. Yup, as I said in my first post I refuse to fill the 16D. hahaha My "dealer buddy" has a NGC MS61 one he paid $11K for he keeps trying to get me to buy off of him. It is purty but I'm not that rich. Have a hard time putting more than $500 into anything but $10 gold indians, and my one AU55 3-legger. More tempted by Walker upgrades for that kind of dough.   |
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JP... I'm with you in natural toning when there's also high quality. I like the natural (aged) toning when there is deep relief. Coins like that have spent a little time in the 'real world.' High grade coins that have the natural toning are absolutely beautiful -- and pretty tough to find. Like most, I love a nice shiny high-quality Mercury dime. Those coins haven't been in circulation and generally roamed the world from collection to collection. Edited by BamaBlue
05/10/2013 4:27 pm
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I've been working on my Mercury dime set ever since I found an old blue Whitman folder and a 1936 for $2. It's not very full yet, but I'm working on it! My standards are low, but you can find a lot more low mintage years up here because not many people can name them (including me - I've been digging through bulk bins and resorting to the mintage figures on my folder to get the lowest mintage years). |
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i don't know, for my collection at least I steer clear of any polished coins, to me it ruins the true beauty of the coin
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Thanks, jpbone. I can spot the more obviously polishing especially on lower grade coins: it's seems highly unlikely that a VG seated half would have any mint luster left. Where it gets difficult for me is the higher grades. I was at my local dealer just today and he let me take a close look at two Walking Liberties, both in AU: one had original luster and one was lightly polished. Even with a loupe, I could not see any differences between the two. I guess you just have to look at coins to really get a feel for it, which is why I'm useful to have the knowledge from this forum available!
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I would doubt that it is reasonable to expect that coins over 100 years old have been cleaned at one point. Many have cleaned but have encountered some that I would doubt they were cleaned ever. They may be all black and ugly but still not cleaned. Of course there are situations I have encountered where the coin should have been lightly cleaned because there was a substance on it that ate at the coin and removing it early would have preserved it.
Edited by buddy16cat
05/11/2013 06:12 am
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