Follow Up On Is $128 A Good Price To Buy This Bust

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latebloomer Valued Member United States 122 Posts	Posted 04/20/2012 04:13 am for those of you that have responded to my last week topic " is $128.00 a good price to buy this bust" welcome back . for those of you that are peeking in for the first time please jump in. I just received my 1832 Bust Half Dollar and now it is time for all of you to grade it. I did not crop or photo shoot these pics in any way. I took 4 pics, two with flash and two without flash.In person the front does have oxidation on the ( face,neck and upper rim) the backside letter " E. pluribus unum " the "lur " is oxidized. Report this Post to the Staff

CoinsKelly Pillar of the Community United States 3453 Posts	Posted 04/20/2012 07:26 am I will guess the grade ONLY because I received a personal invitation to do so - way to make a gal feel appreciated I am new to this series (my disclaimer for if I am seriously off) so I will guess XF40 I am assuming it did not come back cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 04/20/2012 08:41 am I like VF35 for this. Nice detail, with a possibility of cleaning and maybe a light polishing? Congratulations! A nice example of a wonderful coin type!! Report this Post to the Staff
jeffrose Pillar of the Community United States 1432 Posts	Posted 04/20/2012 3:50 pm Ed . . I still like it and am still torn between VF-35 & EF-40. I must say that Great Southern's pics do "bring out the best" in their coins. I think it's a keeper. Report this Post to the Staff
oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 04/20/2012 5:16 pm Still a good looking dame, debatable between VF35 and XF40. Edited by oih82w8 04/20/2012 5:17 pm Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 04/20/2012 6:10 pm It looks like you did pretty good with that one, it doesn't appear to be too drastically different from the GSC pictures. I would call it VF-35 as well Report this Post to the Staff
M0nks Pillar of the Community United States 1770 Posts	Posted 04/20/2012 7:03 pm id also go with EF its a beauty! that we all can agree with Report this Post to the Staff
dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 04/20/2012 7:53 pm Congrats! It's much nicer than the one I don't have. Report this Post to the Staff
ExoGuy Pillar of the Community United States 4416 Posts	Posted 04/20/2012 9:20 pm XF-40, I'd say. Maybe designated a 45; this, as experience tells me that the grading services tend to be more generous when assigning grades to the earlier coins. Hard to tell from the pics if it's been cleaned. Regardless, it's a very appealing type coin. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 04/20/2012 9:26 pm XF42.5 ;-) swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
latebloomer Valued Member United States 122 Posts	Posted 04/20/2012 10:01 pm Thank you everyone for the feedback I really do appreciate it. I do have oxidation on my coin and was reading that I can get my coin cleaned and maybe polished. I'm confused because I thought that rule of thumb is not to clean or polish your coin someone please explain this to me if I can or cannot. if I do have an option to get it cleaned I will. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 04/20/2012 10:14 pm DO NOT EVER clean this coin, or any coin. You would instantly destroy it's value. It's very nice as is. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
CoinsKelly Pillar of the Community United States 3453 Posts	Posted 04/20/2012 11:50 pm NOOOOO! Please do not clean it or allow someone to "conserve" it. It is lovely as is. Report this Post to the Staff
oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 04/21/2012 12:41 am "Speaking words of wisdom, let it be!" Edited by oih82w8 04/21/2012 12:43 am Report this Post to the Staff
latebloomer Valued Member United States 122 Posts	Posted 04/21/2012 01:41 am okay thanks for letting me know. I will not do anything to it. I will leave it bee. Report this Post to the Staff
jeffrose Pillar of the Community United States 1432 Posts	Posted 04/21/2012 10:23 am Quote: I will not do anything to it. I will leave it bee. Good decision Ed. Shiny is not always better on a circulated coin. It is what it is after 180 years & that is the beauty & the history of the coin. We can only imagine where she had been until somebody decided to put her away for the future (which is now). Report this Post to the Staff
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