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Rest in Peace
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What makes you say cleaned. I don't see any hairline scratches? Running together in any direction? I'm on my phone but here is regular lighting.  |
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Highly polished/wizzed/dipped AU.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The lack of luster and hazing = dipped, probably not mechanically cleaned, MS details.
A shame to whoever did this to what would have been a very nice coin.
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Has what I call "the look". When people attempt to identify a cleaning, they get too caught up looking hairlines and crap... just step back, look at the coin... does it look right? Does it have natural cartwheel luster? No? How about halo-ing around the devices? The reverse of yours shows it nicely...
Forget about hairlines. Hairlines = harshly cleaned. A coin can still be bodybagged as cleaned without being harshly cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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It does not look like it has natural surfaces, AU-58 details
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Pillar of the Community
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AU, seems there is the slightest of wear on the high points. And agreed that the color seems not right for an original coin's status. The luster would be different.
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks to be AU. At least 55 possibly 58. Pictures are small but show no obvious problems.
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Edited by tweak800
12/01/2015 3:16 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Just wanted to see if any opinions change or not ince I could take bettr pictures now. Also any idea on a vlaue ?
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It's an AU details coin at best. From what I'm seeing from your latest photos the fields have been completely stripped of the original lustre. A high AU coin should not have grainy surfaces like this one.
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There isn't any hint of parallel lines indicating a mechanically cleaned coin, so this has probably seen a dip bath at least once. That aside, strictly from circulation rub, it's still a high AU. Probably 55, but details, I'm thinking. Great pictures, but it's always near impossible to be certain just from photos.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Agree 55 details; has that flat "messed with" look to me.
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