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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Did the cleaning devalue it if the gouge was already there? Maybe they figured it would do better if it was shiny.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
This guy is one of the many sellers I've excluded from my ebay searches. He must spend a fortune on buffing wheels...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8904 Posts |
Sorry, but no thanks... This poor Merc has seen some bad times...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would give him 20 bucks max. That thing is wrecked.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I skip all of his offerings as it appears most of his silver coins have been cleaned and/or polished.
Paul Bulgerin
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 Most of the value has been polished away.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
506 Posts |
Mercury (Liberty?) has an earring!
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Valued Member
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457 Posts |
I'm going to avoid this guy too. The nose gave it away for me, last I checked, she never had a curved nose. It looks like someone took a baseball bat and hit her nostrils so her nose would curve up.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Polished and the counting wheel damage kills that poor baby
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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In case anyone is curious, the scratch at the center was caused by an old-school dime bank. Dime banks were popular in the first half of the 20th century. It is essentially a metal tube with a removable cap on one end and a coin slot on the opposite end. A screw is located at the top next to the slot where dimes are added. Tighten down the screw and the bottom cap pops off to dispense dimes and of course, tightening the screw also makes a nice circular gouge on the top coin.
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Valued Member
United States
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Got polish?
Holy cow... too bad that key date has seen some much, much better days..
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:
the scratch at the center was caused by an old-school dime bank. Yeah...back in the day when a dime could place a call on a payphone.  |
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Moderator
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Well, it could also double as a shaving mirror.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1944 Posts |
a couple of years ago - I went through a bunch of mercurey dimes - which were kept in one of those metal containers. the coins were difficult to extract. the top one had the identical damage in the canter of the coin.
a nice bit of coin history - but hard on the top coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Liberty got a nose job too! The other items for sale are almost as cringeworthy. ðŸ˜'
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