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Pillar of the Community
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AU details... cleaned.... nice type coin
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36901 Posts |
AU-53, does not look cleaned to me.
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Pillar of the Community
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4471 Posts |
Below is the grade and color of coin in hand. The coin shows no signs of a cleaning. The coin is rotated in holder and I can not get it to move.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5838 Posts |
Appeared to be in original holder, this could be upgraded to a higher grade by today standard, but may not be worth it for the cost to upgrade.
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Pillar of the Community
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4471 Posts |
I was considering cracking it out because the rotated coin was driving me crazy. There is little upside unless the coin could grade AU58. I had to use PlastX to get the scratches off the holder and I was able to rotate the coin back in the correct postion. The coin will stay in the holder in my type set.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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a reason to buy the coin and not the slab. the coin was cleaned. I had it at AU50 details also.
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Pillar of the Community
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4471 Posts |
What evidence from photos do you have that the coin was cleaned?
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Pillar of the Community
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5838 Posts |
On another thread I mentioned that most coins below 1940's were cleaned at least once, whether with a soft cloth or Brillo pad, its just a matter of extent how it was cleaned, over time, the evidences might be diminish that is not noticeable.
Since this is a AU 50 coin, it has seen some circulation before being pull, so it has been touch by hands and perhaps wipe by fingers. Or some other ways. I am OK with old light cleaning, as long as its not harshly cleaned were I don't need a magnifying glass to see what has transpired.
With that said, I believe even 3rd party graders would pass cleaned coins that hasn't been chemically enhanced, of course there's the exception of really high grade coins that are save from circulation at day one.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'd leave well enough alone and not resubmit.
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Pillar of the Community
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I would leave it in the holder for a couple of reasons.
First, it's in a green PCGS label holder. Some people prize that because they think that all of the coins with that label are conservatively graded. There is some truth to that, but it does not apply in all cases. At any rate, you would lose that label if you resubmitted it.
Second, over the years I had a lot of trouble with copper coins getting "body bags" in the old days, now "details" labels. I'm not 100% sure that the color of that piece is original. I'd leave it alone.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I had it as detail cleaned due to the washed out dull surfaces, large amount of gunk in the devices especially hair and headband, dirty halos around stars and blotchy color. I do not think it was harshly cleaned however and maybe the reason it got a straight grade. as billjones stated, I would not take this one out of the slab.
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11/07/2016 3:47 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice Half Cent. I too would leave it in the gun holder. |
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