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Looks like the oldest "trail die" I have seen. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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all the spots on the reverse are indicative that the coin was either cleaned prior or something was splashed on the coin to affect the surfaces. AU details (Cleaned)
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Definitely cleaned in the past, with AU Details, may straight grade but I wouldn't purchase it as choice. Not bad if the price is right.
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Thanks for the feedback everyone.
The spotting on the reverse reminds me of the 1817 CBH that I posted sometime ago where acetone removed something that looked to have been splashed on the surface at some point and once removed left behind un-toned shiny spots on the surface.
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Pillar of the Community
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Normally I do a thorough search of sold listings across multiple sites when interested in a particular coin, can't believe I didn't see this previously.  |
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Oh man! Good find though.
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I wish my uncleaned coins looked that good!
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It does have some decent eye appeal.
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Well, I'm out $5.00 and it is on its way back. On to the next one.
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and now for the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey use to say, or maybe not. - May 27 - sold in NGC AU details holder for $491, then returned to the ebay dealer Larry Lucree (aka ryman1003 on ebay) - July 4th - now cracked out and sold to me for $701. 2nd bidder was clearly a dealer with 24k feedback and over the last 30 days placed 5.5k bids on 3k items - July 29th - bought again for $515, this time by the same dealer with the exact same stats that bid me up on July 4th. - August 17th - found the same coin listed as BU++ by none other than Great Southern Coin - August 19th - sold by GSC for an eye watering sum of $2,525! For that price and a little patience, I'm sure I could find a NGC/PCGS CAC MS 1812. Had I not found the AU details holder, I might have kept it. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for a relisting in the next month or two.  Edited by adam126402
08/20/2024 12:43 am
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That's quite some detective skills. What an interesting journey for that coin.
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