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New Member
United States
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My dad's Morgan dollar. I wanted to see what you guys thought about it. Pictures aren't the best as I have to use my phone to take photos.     Is it just me or do coins look much better in person than they do in a picture? |
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Moderator
 United States
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This one, unfortunately, has been heavily cleaned. Any value beyond melt has been destroyed. This is especially clear in the first two images.
And yeah, cameras are merciless with coins.
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New Member
 United States
7 Posts |
Oh bummer. Is there any way for a new-to-coins person to tell if a coin has been cleaned?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
4944 Posts |
The Hairline scratches across the entire coin, is one thing to look for.
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Moderator
United States
16679 Posts |
 fish451. Your dads coin appears to be in About Uncirculated condition which means it saw a little circulation in commerce. There would have been original mint luster evident on this coin had it not been cleaned. The matte appearance and circular hairline scratches, are a sure sign of a cleaned coin. Beyond that would be a polishing which is even worse. swcoin.ecrater.com
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Valued Member
Canada
138 Posts |
It could fool anyone into thinking that it is an AU and when I first looked at it, that is what I thought. The major scratches on the right side of the obverse maybe makes me think that it might have been cleaned. Nice coin though.....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5854 Posts |
I agree with AU details, cleaned. The hairlines and the bright even shine indicated cleaning.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1511 Posts |
I'd have to agree with cleaned but AU grade.. Still a nice coin! As mentioned the first 2 photos give it away with the hairline scratches.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
620 Posts |
AU details cleaned sometime long ago.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
Harshly cleaned. The good news is it is still worth silver value which, nowadays, is fairly considerable
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1547 Posts |
The pictures are good enough to tell she was heavily polished; poor little thing...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2541 Posts |
Yup, she's had a harsh cleaning unfortunately. On the positive side, this coin is worth a lot since it was given to you by your father. No coin cleaning can ever take that away. Hold onto it and pass it down through the family tree.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
Sometimes a gift from family can have sentimental value but if that were my coin I think I would sell it for the bullion silver value and upgrade to a problem-free AU or low MS example. There won't be that much cost difference and you get a much nicer coin to show off ...
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Posted 08/25/2012 3:58 pm
