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Pillar of the Community
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Just because a coin finds it way into a straight grade holder does not mean that the coin has original skin. The TPG's straight grade coins all the time that have market acceptable cleaning. I do believe that the coin has a better than even chance to straight grade. We both know that there are lots of Trade dollars that we would not buy because the coin has been cleaned or dipped in a straight grade holder. Congratulations on owning a Trade dollar. If you get the coin into a straight grade holder, I would consider it a strong first buy of a Trade dollar. Edited by Slider23
03/12/2022 10:46 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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For sure , there are many straight graded cleaned coins in TPG holders no doubt. I have no experience with Trade dollars but many I have seen do to appear to have been cleaned. This one I would say is not one of them but thats me looking at it in hand. Looks pretty original to me. Edited by JasonKflo
03/12/2022 11:31 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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looks like she had an old cleaning but I think it grades straight. XF40. Quote:
Very nice looking in hand minus a very old scratch at are 11 to 12 o'clock if you blow that area up you will see what appears to be a scratch does not cross over the olive branch. I dont think its a scratch. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Tried with different lighting and a white background. You can see it still has some luster more so on the reverse.   |
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Here is a 1875 S XF45 CAC that I believe has original skin. Compare the area around the stars and date to the 78 S. How did the 78 S get a perfect halo around the stars? On the 78 S note the color between the numbers on the Date. Someone cleaned between the numbers 1 and 8, 8 and 7 but missed cleaning between the 8 and 7.  |
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Hi Slider the halo is not perfect , probably lighting distortion showing the darkest areas?
It does have quite a bit of dirt or grime around the date , stars and in the letters but does not appear to be from cleaning.
Edited by JasonKflo
03/13/2022 2:42 pm
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Ill get back to everyone once she grades . I think the only issue would be the scratch but we will see. Basing this on seeing it in hand and having looked at so many coins . we will see though thanks for all the opinions.
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This one came back from NGC today XF-45 Here is NGC pics as well.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for the update! Congrats, but a bit generous IMO.
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Pillar of the Community
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I thought it was xf-40 to xf-45 but the color is nice so probably got a eye appeal bump.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very nice!  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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Much different from your original pics. Very appealing.
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Pillar of the Community
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Coinfrog thanks . My photo skills need help no doubt.
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