1907 AU St Gauden - Need Help

When you say photo program, what do you mean? Can you give me a couple of examples of these programs? I think I need to get one.

I should have this coin in a few days. Then my real work will start, it sounds like.

I will read up on the acetone cleaning (and how to get the acetone off once it's cleaned), but if you have any other instructions on this so I don't mess up, I'd appreciate them.

Since I am going to send the coin to NGC to grade, would it make sense to send it to NCS first to see what they say?

And again, thank you for all your input and feedback.

This is my first raw gold coin I have purchased, and it has been a real learning experience. I think I will learn a lot more before going after the next one.

I've seen on here that people wash the coins off with distilled/purified water after using the acetone. Is this necessary, or can it cause any problems?

Also, how long do you soak the coins in acetone?

I have photoshop, I just don't know how to use it very well. So I can load a picture into it and use that?

I tried photoshop and was able to figure out how to do the blue thing. That is very cool! By changing the shades and colors in the blue range you can really see the imperfections of a coin. This should be a great help on any other coins I look at buying.

I'm assuming I should use a pair of cotton gloves and tongs (designed for holding coins) for the acetone wash? Then take it out and put it on another clean cloth for it to dry? That seems to be what I have found in other threads on here.

ageka,
I have enjoyed your posts and learned how to improve my grading.
Thank You for taking the time to educate us on the forum. We really appreciate the help.

Ageka,

I will second what Silver Dollar said. I appreciate you guidance and expertise in relation to gold coins (and other things as well).
I have a better idea of what to look for now, which will help me a lot in the future. I especially like using Photoshop to look at coins in blue. Very cool and it really shows things you may not normally see.

I finally got the coin I started this thread about. Interesting story. The seller would only take a check or money order (first red flag!). She had 138 feedbacks, with no negative or neutrals (per toolhaus). So, based on this, and reading the actual feedbacks she had, I decided to bid on this coin. I won auction and mailed a check (I was very hesitant to deal this way, but decided to give it a try, but based on the rest of this I don't know if I'll do it again). This was on October 9th. She said she USPS'd the coin on the 16th insured with a turnaround of about 2 to 3 days. As of Thursday, the 26th, I didn't have the coin. I sent several emails, and tried calling the number she had given in her invoice to me, but never got anyone to pick up. I was really ticked. I even called a private investigator in her town to go out and bang on her door. But, before that happened, the post office left me a note about another package I had to go pick up. When I got there, this coin was there as well, and had been since the 18th (right in line with what her estimate was). The USPS had never given me a notice I had a package. That made me really mad!! I'm glad I got the coin, but her communication skills were totally absent. So, I got the coin, but was unhappy for a week thinking I got ripped off. But, I've used P.I.'s before to trace people down who owed me money or other things.

The coin is really nice, and you can hardly see the mark you notated in your earlier post. I think I'm going to send it to NCS instead of my trying the acetone route. It's a pretty expensive coin and I would hate to mess up and ruin it. Then if they fix it, it will get graded and we'll see how I come out.

I'll post up pictures once I get my camera taking good pictures, along with another St. Gauden I got this week.

This is what the original vendor pic showed



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That's a nice coin, now that it's cleaned up! The reverse is in much better shape. The obverse appears to have a lot more wear. This is a circulated coin, I take? Did you see it in person before you bought it? I'd be upset since it appears the guy mis-represented the coin.

Yeah, I used a PI for a former landlord who ripped me off for my deposit. I was in California, he sold the house and moved to Philadelphia. He would never return my calls, but I had his cell phone number and approximate area where he lived. I found a PI on the Internet in that area and he went and knocked on his door. Needless to say, my old landlord was pretty shocked!! It took about a week or so, but he wrote me a check, along with the money to pay the PI and it even cleared (I think he made good on it because of the intimidation of someone local calling you on a debt you owe). It makes me laugh now, but I was really ticked off at the time.

Because of that experience, I decided to do the same thing with this coin. I found out that the lady was out of town and her husband was supposed to send me an email to let me know, but he doesn't do email very well. She apologized profusely about the mistake, which made me feel better. That's the only problem with ebay or anything you buy that is mailed to you. Communication is crucial.

Sorry about your BMW, but more so the injuries you sustained! A car can be replaced, but working body parts can't. I hope it all works out for you.

You're good with this scanner stuff!!

I really like making them blue. I haven't seen anything like that on any coins I've looked at since you told me about this.