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Australia
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Maybe its just the pics but the surfaces look ugly.
Probably some prooflike reflectivity visible in the hand.
AU50.
Watch your top knot
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United States
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AU Details Cleaned - The coin does not belong in a straight holder as all the remaining luster has been cleaned off the example.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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AU-53 but not sure they gave it a straight grade. Couple marks that look odd, one on the shield and one on the eagle's neck. They look like punch marks?
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Canada
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AU-53 but not sure they gave it a straight grade. Couple marks that look odd, one on the shield and one on the eagle's neck. They look like punch marks? Looks like a possible patched hole. Almost looks perfectly aligned on both sides. Edit: fixing grammer lol Edited by Wrekkdd
07/12/2022 08:59 am
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Couple marks that look odd, one on the shield and one on the eagle's neck. They look like punch marks? good catch IGE. I tend to agree. when you see a consistent mark like this in the exact position on both sides theres a good chance something happened here and if you look close at the reverse mark its much brighter than the rest of the coin. i think the coin may have been repaired AU details ( PMD). still a nice coin but maybe the reason you got it for an insanely low price |
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 United States
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I am confident the coin has not been holed, rather just incidental damage. An overlay image shows the two areas of damage do not correspond to each other very closely at all. I took some close ups of the areas in question to help discern whether these cross the "damage" threshold.   |
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Canada
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With the close upset I agree not holed, the damage does look close on each side bit doesn't match. It does look like more modern damage
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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AU-53, but looks to have a old cleaning.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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new photos put a "hole" in our theory, now the question is since its PMD and in a prominent location will the coin grade straight. does look like an old cleaning but it looks acceptable and would not details the coin AU53 and I'm hoping she grades straight. |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thank you all for the opinions! I agree with those that said the coin has had an old cleaning and was net graded down to AU-50. That's exactly what PCGS said.
Personally, I like the coin. The cleaning is clearly old and while it did leave a "glossy" look to it, it's not that unattractive in hand.
It seems that buying AU-50 coins is similar to buying MS-60 coins. Sometimes you might get one that looks better, but has a minor problem that isn't bad enough to warrant a details grade.
Thanks for playing!
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United States
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AU-50 was my guess, and it seems to be right on the mark. Personally I think PCGS shouldn't give so much leeway to Seated dollars, and I think they should've called this coin cleaned. Quote:
Personally, I like the coin. That's all that matters! I am glad that you found an 1870 CC dollar that you are happy with. Quote:
It seems that buying AU-50 coins is similar to buying MS-60 coins. I guess so. MS-60 just means that it is a problem UNC. Whether it is scratches, hairlines, cabinet rub, etc. AU-50 could be a problem AU, but it could just be a coin with more wear. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Was at AU50. Nice example.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It seems that buying AU-50 coins is similar to buying MS-60 coins. i'd rather have a nice circulated AU50 than a banged up MS60 or even 61. i'd rather have a nice AU58 than an MS63 with no eye appeal and a bunch of hits Edited by panzaldi
07/15/2022 09:32 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It has nice eye appeal for a details coin and I think you did well on it.
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Posted 07/12/2022 07:55 am
