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20c Coin Unsure On Grade/Cleaned?

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 Posted 07/10/2022  9:29 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add newuser20c to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Can anyone identify if this coin was cleaned from pictures and what grade it would likely hit? I'm having a hard time telling. Thanks!


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 Posted 07/10/2022  9:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Attacked with metal polish a long time ago, now quietly acquiring a reasonably nice even patina. No evidence of residual luster between the letters.
Nevertheless a desirable coin, despite suffering the cleaning.
Reverse grades better than the obverse.
VF-30 (cleaned) (obv..)

A Twenty in about EF is on my bucket list.
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 Posted 07/10/2022  10:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mrwhatisit to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yep, methinks old cleaning, but far higher grade than VF-30, my eyes have this at a high AU to me...
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 Posted 07/11/2022  04:15 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

Looks polished to me as well. Whatever the grade, it will get a details designation.
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 Posted 07/11/2022  08:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add smat45 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks polished to me too...dang it!
AU details cleaned
Still a very nice coin.
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 Posted 07/11/2022  08:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kenwright396 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
AU-details due to cleaning.
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its a coin I always wanted for my type set but finding a nice mid grade example without issues at a fairly decent price was not easy.

i have this one at AU details (polished)

the coin still has value and would have been a really nice coin.
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 Posted 07/11/2022  09:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
AU details, cleaned/polished.
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Most certainly cleaned. You can tell by the amount of detail without any luster. A coin with this detail should have recognizable luster in the fields. This coin is also has no toning. A coin that is 147 years old should have some kind of toning (20 cent pieces in general, they weren't hoarded).

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AU Details- Cleaned and Polished really bad
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 Posted 07/12/2022  10:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fenton to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
AU detail, polished. Unfortunately that's the worst type of cleaning.
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Agree with AU details, polished.
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