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Pillar of the Community
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Lots of field scratches and some rubs from possible wear - AU58
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6394 Posts |
 Luster is definitely diminished in the fields. Many small marks and faint hairlines but not enough to "detail" the coin. AU-58. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3663 Posts |
I'm with @Coinfrog here, AU-55, maybe AU-58. There is one heavy contact mark on the obverse, from Liberty's right elbow south through her lap. It has a great strike and nice eye appeal.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4692 Posts |
Trade dollars often suffer from weak strikes due to reduced die pressure accomplished by placing the dies far apart. This appears at least ms63 to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18696 Posts |
if this comes back at AU58 its a really nice AU58
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
11898 Posts |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Ouch. Send that packing.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4469 Posts |
AU Details Harshly Cleaned. The seller did a nice job of hiding the cleaning with the photos.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11898 Posts |
I am not sure about harshly cleaned. The scratches are limited to the fields and not the devices. Both sides exhibit cartwheel luster. Both sides exhibit prooflike fields. The scratches behind liberty are deep and my main concern.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4846 Posts |
Definitely looks MS IMO, but I can't tell if those hairlines are from cleaning or not from the pics. The left reverse field in particular looks quite suspicious based off the haloing of the devices.
At the very least the scratches you mentioned behind liberty may details it.
Edited by Adam_E
12/28/2020 2:28 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4680 Posts |
Tough to judge, but based on the way a majority of the hairlines maintain a space from the devices (the halo that Adam mentioned), would suggest post strike, not die scratches. These also reflect light differently than areas absent of these hairlines.
May also just be the lighting, but obverse K12-K1 (head to shoulders and fields immediately surrounding) look altered, possibly polished? Could just be lighting.
Im calling AU58 Details.
Edited by Ty2020b
12/28/2020 7:14 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18696 Posts |
the original photo lighting was hiding many of those scratches. I have to add a details designation for what appears to be a cleaning and that fairly significant scratch. I agree with your strike assessment but if I was expecting a straight grade coin and got this I would have to send it back.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3663 Posts |
The obverse scratch (behind the head and left arm) and the reverse gouge (directly below the second "A" of AMERICA) look deep and fairly recent. I wonder if these are scratches from staples?
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Valued Member
United States
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This is a cleaned coin. The hairlines stop short of the devices meaning they are not die polishing marks. Having said that, it's a nice AU details.
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