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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm a fan of natural toning and say for $5 over spot, it's worth the gamble.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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If these are seller's pictures, they are too poor to make a decision to buy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3210 Posts |
For considering what you paid Adam, id leave it be. Post better pics when you get it. The obverse may need a light dip, but the reverse isn't that badly toned.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7375 Posts |
Other than being wiped at some point, it looks ok to me.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Agree with the wipe, rather than a dip. Looks genuine, but pictures are so blurry/dark on some key areas of the design elements that I wouldn't hazard a grade.
For $5 over, I can't imagine hesitating to grab this. For absolute CERTAIN do NOT dip or rub or clean this in any way. It's a unique tone and is actually one of the strong points of this example.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18706 Posts |
prior dipping and not properly rinsed and improperly stored over many years. AU details
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Agree AU from what I can make out.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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I would think AU-55 from those pictures (and most likely Details).
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12057 Posts |
Good news is, the toning is actually beautiful. Bad news is, I can't photograph it, but I'll attempt it here in a minute.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
My in hand grade is AU 53 details, and once, many years ago, this coin was wiped with a cleaning cloth and left to sit. These photos are not very good but I am trying my best. Look at it straight on - directly ahead, and you get this...   Now tilt it into the light, and it's a whole different coin. Gold is everywhere, a fiery copper red runs through the hair, greens and blues are on the edges. Flip it over and the reverse has electric blues and greens around the rim, with sharp reddish purples towards the bottom and center.       Note that there are not actually hairlines, just fingerprint marks and the evidence of where a cloth rubbed it at one point, leaving streaks that toned.  This one matches the toning in hand most closely, below.  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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Pillar of the Community
United States
3479 Posts |
Very, very Nice! I vote to leave it alone.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The orange makes it look like there are hot coals under Liberty's hair. Still wondering how you were able to see this potential based on the original pics. Congrats!  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's being left alone, of course. I'm putting it into my Dansco with my other raw Morgans, as-is. Seller shipped it completely raw, wrapped in a paper towel held together with clear packing tape. I wasn't able to see the "potential", not per se, but 20-odd years of playing with Morgan dollars has taught me a thing or two about lighting and colors. 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 Edited by paralyse
02/06/2017 11:29 pm
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United States
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Posted 02/04/2017 02:34 am
