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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That is one nice coin. I agree some coins know how to drive me up the wall as far as photographing them. (and they are usually my best ones)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3843 Posts |
Looks to be in the Almost Uncirculated (AU) range.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1704 Posts |
At least AU-58, nice coin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7375 Posts |
Gosh, I hate to even say this and I'm probably wrong, but does anyone think it's been cleaned?
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Moderator
 United States
14463 Posts |
 cleaned or rubbed with a cloth at least |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
567 Posts |
Well that's unfortunate that it's been cleaned, I didn't pick up on that. We all make mistakes though, curious what makes you think its been cleaned? I would like to know more about how to spot things like this.
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Moderator
United States
14463 Posts |
Notice how the fields are much lighter. And on your first reverse image, notice how the wreath at 1 o'clock is much lighter than at 3 o'clock
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Pillar of the Community
United States
567 Posts |
Ahh makes sense, I figured the fields being lighter was just a product of the toning, now I know what to watch for in the future. I still feel like I got an ok deal, I got it for XF-45 price. At the time I thought I was super lucky, now it seems that I probably just did ok. Thanks for the help.
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Moderator
United States
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If you look at the fields with a loop, you might see scratch lines. It could have been an old cleaning, but I still believe it has been cleaned at one time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What I saw in the first reverse image were the 2 areas above and below ONE DIME that looked rubbed. Hard to find a coin 100-200 years old that hasn't been cleaned at some point. A nice coin.
Edited by edweather
11/15/2014 2:59 pm
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Moderator
United States
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I'm undecided about surface originality. Seated stuff does enigmatic and occasionally glorious things with toning, behavior one doesn't seem to see in any other series. Whatever it is, I like this one a whole_bunch but wouldn't hazard a guess between AU-MS without it in hand. Too small to be sure from images without really high-res work.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
567 Posts |
I see what you mean edweather, I see those two spots as well, I really can't tell for myself whether it's cleaned or not, and frankly because I never intend to sell it I don't care too much. As to whether it's MS or AU it's hard for me to tell as well, the only thing is maybe I can see a tiny bit of wear on Liberty's head, so I'm not really sure either.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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A tough one to grade from these grainy photos. Not sure the coin has been cleaned, the toning in the photos with the good lighting looks natural. I'd guess AU-58 on this one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks AU to me. Can't really tell about cleaning from pictures. I would need to see the coin in person.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2368 Posts |
Tough call. AU-58 for wear. No comment on the surfaces, I'm in the undecided camp.
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