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Valued Member
 United States
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What makes you think it might be a fake?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm gonna say cleaned and recolored. Has great bones though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's the rim and artificial-looking surfaces on the obverse that make me suspicious. Normally don't see them like that
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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unc sharpness for sure. Looks recolored to me also. Would not straight grade IMHO
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1267 Posts |
My first thought was fake, the obverse denticles and rim look odd, and the area around the ED on the reverse has that look. Not real comfortable with copper, interested to see what the copper guys think.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The area from 9:00-11:00 on the REV makes me think restoration - chemicals used to remove something that was there. Beautiful coin though!
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Valued Member
United States
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I saw the same lighter area on the opposite side of the reverse 3-7.
Or maybe its just a darker band down the center of the reverse.......
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is that a die crack at the top of STAT? I wish I had my attribution book on me. I can see if that is noted on any of them.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say 65, some reverse die rust.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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UNC Details, cleaned. still a nice coin with a decent strike
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2757 Posts |
This is an 1853 N6. There are a few marks/lines on the coin that should be on the coin but were polished away, but it is definitely an N6. note "The field begins to rise around NITED very early, and this becomes severe as the die wears" - this explains what we see at the ED. Definitely genuine and in a high grade. Again, a few lines should be there but were polished away - it'll probably get a problem-free slab.
My book also notes that 'many specimens' have a minor observe misaligned die towards K 9:30, which this one obviously has.
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06/01/2019 4:46 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hopefully he sends it in and we find out one way or the other. I'm pretty confident that it will get a detail slab.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The rough, bumpy field around STATES is a characteristic of the N-6. The die crack is very faint but actually extends throughout the tops of UNITED STATES.
Color is off, surfaces on the obverse are odd. My guess Uncirculated details - burnished / cleaned or questionable color, but I hope it does come back straight grade!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's UNC for technical grade but is does look like it has been cleaned and re-tained...which probably has happened to many coppers.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Agree with UNC details burnished. Pretty coin notwithstanding.
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