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Pillar of the Community
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I think AU58 based on the setup of the question where it really looks AU50
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Easy AU-53. AU-55 is not out of the question.
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I'm thinking XF45. Wear across high points is evident and luster is subdued. It is a nice looking example so the eye appeal could take it to AU50.
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Bedrock of the Community
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By the old standards it cannot be AU if less than 50% original mint luster is present; XF45 would be my grade - uniformly even wear with some mint luster remaining in protected areas. There are weakly struck AU coins with XF sharpness that still retain 50% or better mint luster, those should properly be graded AU in my opinion (and the ANA's.) TPG market grade probably AU53. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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I see an easy AU53 for this coin, at under $200 though I'm guessing it's in an XF45 holder, probably very undergraded IMO.
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AU-53 and a decent buy for $200 or less.
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The grade on the 1828 CBHD was AU details/cleaning. From my examination, there is some disturbance in the fields on the reverse under the "E" to the eagle's beak. Looks like some gunk was rubbed off the coin.   |
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Wow, even with the gunk, I don't think it deserved a cleaning designation. I'd say remove the rest of the gunk and resubmit, but is it worth it at that point?
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interesting
looking at the darkened areas of the mirrors along the peripherals of both sides, I suppose that must be carbon damage setting in from a dip that stripped the sulfide layer of the silver. Once that happens (stripping), ED is sure to set in and carbon spot/mottle like we're seeing. I'm sure in hand under a 10x loop you can see as that versus a picture glance assumption of toning.
It would not upgrade to problem free based on this.
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11/17/2016 6:56 pm
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Nice thing about that one is the cleaning is not harsh and dare I say not even improper. It's a lightly cleaned example that's sometimes graded problem-free these days. A good buy at $200 IMO.
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