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Hello all! I was thinking about selling a 1999 WAM on ebay that has been ANACS slabbed. It came back as "Corroded MS60 Details".... gosh I hate that word Corroded!  LOL Anyway, was just seeking my fellow coincommunity friends' advice. Should I take it out of the slab and try to sell it? Should I sell it as is? What do you think it is worth as "corroded", as I can't find any comps or guides.... Should I sell it in slab? Should I just keep it? Thank you everyone!    |
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Pillar of the Community
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I assume they labeled it as correded because of what seems to be verdigres between the pillars of the reverse. You have a couple of options here. You could remove the coin from the slab, use a vedrigres remover like verdicare and resubmit it though if the verdigres has eaten through to much of the copper shell it will still get a details grade. The other option is to take it out of its slab and sell it on ebay with a note in the description that the coin has some minor verdigris issues. I believe that it would bring in more money raw than it would slabbed with a details grade, though I would like to see what others think. |
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xavier, thank you! I was actually thinking the same. I most likely would not resubmit if I end up removing it. However, I am not exactly certain if it is verdigris as much as it is some odd corrosion color issue. It seems more streaky and almost oxidized but not in a verdigris fashion... odd
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Bedrock of the Community
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Can you take better, close-up pictures. I cannot see the "problem" and the coin looks pretty darn nice.
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Pillar of the Community
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thanks Thad! sure! Standby! Oh how excited you make me when you reply to a topic! LOL
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Xavier, I can see why you said Verdigris, wonder what Thad says... in these closer photos, I would probably say Verdigris too. Its strange, in person, it doesn't seem to be as 3D if you will, it seems to be more of an attribute to color on the actual reverse rather than something that grew onto it! If that makes sense...   |
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Crest Pro-Health...Dellers Darkener...re-submit.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Rest in Peace
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That doesn't look all that bad. The zincolns are notorious for their decomposition and rotting issues. I would remove it from the slab. From a sales standpoint, the wording on the slab emphsizes the problems with the coin and takes away from the great variety.
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I agree with the folks that say free it! The problem is not too bad. Maybe acetone or verdicare but please NO toothpaste or Dellers!! Nice WAM!! |
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Raymo, can you help me with your magic  LOL Thanks everyone so far, I really felt the same, when I put on my buyers shoes. Glad to hear my own logic is sometimes right haha! From a future value standpoint, do you think its a coin to hold? Any idea on what the value would be today as is? With the issues it has... |
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I saw an unc details in an ngc slab went for $44 plus shipping on may 29th, but your coin looks ten times nicer than that one.
A raw AU/low ms looking example went for 122.51 on may 13th and a ms 61 in an anacs slab went for over $160 on may 19th. It would be well worth it to buy some verdicare or give it an acetone dip, you may be able to potentially triple the price if not more if you can get it to a gradable condition.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks Xavier! I've been experimenting a lot with Verdi-Care lately. :) works wonders!
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I would say, sell it out of the slab too. It sounds worse on the slab than what is really wrong with it.
Try an acetone dip and rinse with distilled water to see if that takes care of it.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Jez, that's at least a 63 coin with very light verdigris.
Crack it, put a tiny bit of VERDI-CARE on the tip of toothpick. carefully work on one area at a time and dab off the excess. Rinse it with acetone when done. Do NOT soak the whole coin in VC! You should be able to fully conserve this coin with minimal product (a drop or two) in 5 minutes or less with no virtually no trace of the conservation work....as good as or even better than NCS could do. It's really not that hard with VC in your toolkit.
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Pillar of the Community
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Alrighty... Cracking it is! Thad has spoken! LOL
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