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It is a combination of poor photography and a coin with notoriously flat details. The first detail you look at when checking a Columbian for wear are the sail lines, the coin has to be at least high AU if they are complete. The lighting setup for the photos was all wrong as it did not show luster at all, just flat dull surfaces. I would bet that the protected areas on the obverse actually have nice lustrous greenish-bronze toning along with enough eye appeal to make it a $75 coin. Unfortunately for the seller, first impressions are everything on ebay and my impression is that it looks like a dog but actually has the potential for being a very nice coin. Based on looks alone, I would expect to find a coin like that in a dealer's silver bucket  |
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Sometimes the grading companies get things wrong. Buy the coin not the holder
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I own 5 of these.. wish I could a grade like this....While the concern is a flat obverse while the REVERSE has the sail lines detailed...I have to wonder...
the OBV wear patterns are above the eye. and this coins hair is ultimatley gone.......is this two coins? posted?no luster is present...
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would I think your link is MS63 NOOOOO. theres absolutley no luster present...
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I wouldnt pay more than melt for it. Most dealers have better examples in there junk bins
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biokemist6 got it right, you can't judge this coin based on the poor photograph and I have had a number of the Columbian Expo. halves in MS condition and they don't look very much different than an XF - AU. Poorly designed coin where the reverse has better detail than the obverse which is not typical for coin designs. Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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My first impression was the same, not a MS, but with some of the definition of the reverse, probably is. I'm not attracted to it.
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It looks like the slab is cracked at the top and perhaps wedged open on the side. Is it possible the MS coin was removed from the slab?
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Coins rarely, if ever, rotate in slabs and this one is 90 degrees counter clockwise which doesn't look right at all. VACookey may be right and the coin was switched from the left side. But why? A BU Columbian is not an expensive coin and not worth the trouble one could be in by switching a high grade circulated coin for an MS-63 Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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Coins rarely, if ever, rotate in slabs Correct me if I'm wrong about this, but isn't the subject PCGS holder an older model, a so-called "rattler" wherein the coins are loose and known to rattle when shaken? I heartily concur with the explanation offered by Biochemist. I must confess that my own attempts at coin photography are too often feeble.  While I don't think that this is the case of a coin being switched, that's always a possibility with the PCGS holdrs A pastor buddy of mine once put a Roosevelt dime in a newer model PCGS Morgan slab, and the folks in our coin club could not detect where he glued the slab back together. Now, if a pastor can do that "good" a job to teach us to buy the coin, not the slab, how "good" a job might a larcenous person do?  |
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If you scroll down on the item you will see this statement in big blue letters.
Grading and descriptions are subjective and it is up to the buyer to evaluate the items we post and decide for themselves.
Not taking anything away from the seller but I guess if purchasing, you have to be the judge on whether the grade listed meets your standards to be labeled as such.
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Posted 10/19/2011 02:39 am
