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New Member
United States
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Hello Everyone, Just wondering if I should get this coin professionally graded? Looks like a high MS grade to me. Any way it could be a proof? The fields just don't look like business strike to me. What's your opinion of a grade? Thanks  |
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Moderator
 United States
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 Steven. Do you have a reverse picture? swcoin.ecrater.com
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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To CCF Steven, yes.. we need to see a reverse photo also, would be great if you could get a bigger pic up.  |
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New Member
 United States
20 Posts |
 Here's an image of the reverse. I will try to post better pics later. Thanks |
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United States
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I would put it in the AU53 range. I do notice wear on the high points, ribbon, feathers, wreath. It's a nice coin but not worth sending in (value/cost to submit) ratio. That coin would look great in a Dansco!
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New Member
United States
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AU Really?
The Liberty and diamonds are boldly there and there is zero wear on the coin, Must just be the crummy images.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Steven, can we get more photos of it? It's a great looking coin but too hard to grade it from these photos.
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Moderator
United States
16679 Posts |
Could be...I was judging based on those pics. Yeah, larger pics would be better.
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New Member
United States
20 Posts |
I'll try to get better resolution images up in the next few days.
My photography skills are limited as you can see lol
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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looks like it used to be a mint state coin and wasnt properly sealed sort of reminds me of mint sets starting to turn, or it was touched by accident
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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is anyone else uncomfortable with the color on this? This is a copper nickel cent.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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maybe it is glare, but I don't see the curl that goes down towards the cheek, half way between the eye and ear. Is that on the coin in good detail?
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Moderator
United States
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I'm waiting for the larger pictures but yes, I thought the surfaces were odd looking.
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New Member
United States
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Here's a couple of better images. Not sure what to think of the coin. Maybe it was cleaned a long time ago and that's why the fields look shiny? It doesn't look like it was cleaned harshly because I don't see any fine scratches. Also it is UNC it's just the weird color makes the liberty and other tell tale signs look weakly struck. Could this be a fake? Something just doesn't seem right with the coin to me.   |
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United States
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I would call it Unc Details. Looks like it was cleaned possibly at one time, but an attempt was made to recolor for whatever reason. As stated, it's a CN cent.
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New Member
United States
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Yeah the more I look at the coin the more I would have to agree with the UNC details grade.
That would explain the weird color, some parts of the fields are very pale which to me would indicate that all of the original color was once stripped away by some kind of non evasive cleaning solution.
It's a shame too because it also has a rotated reverse by about 40%.
Just have no clue why somebody would want to render such a great coin almost worthless.
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Posted 06/30/2012 6:17 pm
