1868 Seated Dollar - You Vs PCGS

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EF-details, cleaned.

XF45. Guess I should sell this one rather than keep it. Tough to find these problem free, and this is a better date.

It's not so much the look of the rest of the fields - I'm not judging them at all based on one set of relatively small images. It's just that the *only* places where we see the "normal" darker color of a Seated dollar are in the spots where only a cleaning won't circulate. Even if it acquired perfectly acceptable patina and then circulated enough to clean off that patina, there would be plenty more color left than this.

It's a shame. This should be a $700+ coin.

Lightly cleaned or not, this is a nice coin with good eye appeal and you don't see a lot of Seated dollars floating around, especially in a nicer VF/XF grade. I'd have no problem giving this coin a loving home!

Don't let others opinions dictate what you collect. You are 100% correct that Seated dollars are tough to find problem-free, not to mention very expensive in XF on up. Your coin has a lot going for it and is worth a sizable chunk of change.

On another note - It seems like half a century of "bright is best" took a toll on some series' more than others and Seated S$1 are often found sans patina. So often that TPG pretty much ignore it unless it's abrasively cleaned. Anyways, some toning/patina is back in fashion and that's a good thing. Thanks for sharing your coin with us!

This series is VERY hard to find without cleanings. (Just take a quick look at the archives on Great Collections). Yes, I also believe this coin has been cleaned, but it isn't a particularly harsh cleaning and still looks decent.

I've seen these coins get grades problem free even though they were harshly cleaned.