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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What do you think of this 1853 Half Cent? High AU? How about the color? Thanking you in advance!  (sellers images)   Edited by oih82w8
07/02/2012 1:26 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I would say AU-55 Absolutely Beautiful!  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Do all of the Braided Hair Half Cents have the squared off rims?  Edited by oih82w8
07/02/2012 08:21 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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High AU and great pics. nlp
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Pillar of the Community
United States
759 Posts |
Beautiful coin. I would say AU-58. The color, however, looks a bit suspect to me, too consistent and uniform. I've seen so few of these with natural color though that I don't have a good baseline from which to judge. No matter what, it's a great example of an interesting denomination. Nice addition. Wish I had one like it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Did you weigh the coin (5.44 grams)? Of course that is if you have it in hand. The color looks an overall dark brown which is desirable,just make sure it is not a steely bluish color which I have seen on many chinese counterfeits. The rim does look kinda crisp. Weigh the coin!!!
KK
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Could be MS, but like OneBowl I'm having trouble with the color. Something just seems off. The coin also seems too perfect to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1691 Posts |
high mint state coins have squared off rims...
the color is not natural...but not unattractive!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5854 Posts |
I think it is at least a high AU with a possibility of being MS. The color does look a bit suspect. It looks a bit too dark.
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Moderator
 United States
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Recolored for sure. The color is totally unnatural.
AU55 appears right.
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Even I can see the recolored signs along the rim on this one
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Valued Member
United States
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Don't understand why someone would bother/take the risk with recoloring a coin that looks to be in pretty awesome shape detail wise.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It may have been recolored because it was cleaned at one time.
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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usually if someone dips a copper coin they will turn a salmon pinkish color and the only way to get rid of that color is to recolor the coin. If the color is a good representation of the color in hand I will lean towards the recolored theory but I must say I have seen some that weren't recolored that were almost solid black in color so I am not 100% sure about the coin being recolored. About the grade I think its MS from the pictures as I do not see any wear on the coin at all
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is why I ask before putting my money down, thanks a lot!  Edited by oih82w8
07/05/2012 5:14 pm
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