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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I second the 'Polished' camp
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7632 Posts |
Cleaned and/or polished. Hope you didn't pay an "Unc" price for it!
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18706 Posts |
based on these photos, I have to agree the others. UNC details Polished. Since this is such a common date there really is no collector value other than the silver content. maybe it looks different in hand. i'd remove it from its locker and take a couple more photos to confirm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
To me, these pics are inadequate to grade from.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
Difficult to grade from these pictures, but in my experience most coins auctioned like this are AU examples, possibly cleaned, that are photographed in lighting that masks flaws.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3664 Posts |
 AU Details, Cleaned (polished). The capsule makes it difficult to see the surface details. The obverse picture is too small to see the details. The reverse picture, however, can be enhanced to reveal some of the details. I dropped the lighting and contrast and eliminated color from the reverse photo. That allowed enlargement to see the surface details. The surface is far too clean, and the two evident gouges appear to have been smoothed out. There is a definite loss of detail on the eagle's head, talons, and right wing, and on the bow and ribbon. IMHO, this is about an AU-55 coin that has been polished heavily. Seeing photos of the coin outside the capsule might change this opinion, but that's what I'm seeing right now.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36862 Posts |
Better photos with more lighting needed to get a grade.
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Valued Member
 United States
62 Posts |
Edited by CptSig 07/06/2020 11:08 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4680 Posts |
Big difference. You're pics are clear enough, just need to play around with the lighting a bit. South obverse fields are a bit dark. Taking a stab at these new ones. AU58-MS63.
Edited by Ty2020b 07/06/2020 11:30 am
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18706 Posts |
MS63 with the new photos.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
MS-63 sounds right. Quite a difference!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1694 Posts |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36862 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3664 Posts |
Big difference with the photos taken outside the capsule!
The obverse knock from the hair curls to the "M" of UNUM is pretty heavy. Location matters. If that hit had been on the cheek, this one would drop to MS-62. I agree with MS-63 here.
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