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Pillar of the Community
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Hoping I'm getting a little better at getting good pictures, but it seems to vary from coin to coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This is an odd coin.
Sharpness is easily AU58, but the luster isn't there except traces in the legends, which is more associated with XF45-AU50 range coins.
My grade AU58, possibly cleaned based on last reverse photo - in particular, retoning over an old cleaning, perhaps.
I would like to see this coin after a bath in Classic Coin Conditioner / Blue Ribbon, to see what's underneath the surface.
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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Those new photos make me much more certain that it's got an old cleaning.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Stickinig with AU-58 straight.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'll concur with AU-58. Nice coin!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
959 Posts |
Hope the AU58 straight group is right - paid XF45 money for it. Thanks for the opinions.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
I went back and looked at this today and think I won't pass any sort of opinion on the surfaces because I kind of agree it could be straight graded.
I think it would benefit from a soak in acetone or conditioner, though, that might help a bit :)
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Pillar of the Community
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Man, you guys make me nervous talking about acetone soaks. I've never tried to clean a coin before and I'm darned wary about it. I have some acetone (not nail polish remover, but acetone from a paint store), Just not sure exactly how you do this. I assume you put some in a glass of some sort and place the coin in, but for how long? Some say rinse with water and air dry, some say rinse with clean acetone and gently pat dry. What's the suggested way to do this? I like this coin and I don't want to screw it up by improper technique.
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Valued Member
United States
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The apparent lack of luster has me at AU-55.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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UPDATE: Just got this one back from NGC. Paid high XF money for it, but less than AU.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Man, you guys make me nervous talking about acetone soaks. I've never tried to clean a coin before and I'm darned wary about it You have a good eye and you figured (acetone) it out... Nice! Happy for "your" results! smat |
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Bedrock of the Community
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hear hear  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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