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Pillar of the Community
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i just acquired this, please determine the grade. -J  |
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Pillar of the Community
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AU55
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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could you determine a value?
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Pillar of the Community
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The one in that listing has a lot more wear than jakedacc's coin. Notice that two jewels on the crown are non-existant. jakedacc's coin shows some very minor wear on the jewels, but is in notacably better shape, and should fetch a bit more than the coin in that listing. At the end of the day, it all really depends who is online bidding when (if) you are selling. |
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It could just be the lighting and photography, but that coin looks like it has been 'dipped to death'...
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I agree with SSP the first coin is totally dipped the second is nice......As for jake's... coin it appears to have been cleaned with quite a bit of wear in the face - beard...Net grade AU ......ICCS EF 45 of course this is my guess only
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Pillar of the Community
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Yup, in it's natural state it would not look like that.
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Pillar of the Community
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just curious was in bought from a seller called asyn on ebay...If so all his coins are cleaned , buffed, and 95% way overgraded... |
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Must disagree with you artdio, I have bought many low value coins from him and have had great experiences. Not all of his coins are cleaned although some may be, but he gets them fro, various collectors in the state he sells them in.
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Same here, yes his coins are over graded but he does have some nice coins that aren't cleaned
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His coins are over graded but then again he also has possibly the worst photos I have ever seen on ebay. I think hes using a 1 megapixel camera from 1997 with a dirty lense from 1983. So it is hard to tell if the coin is actually nice so its a gamble every time. |
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has anyone looked at his feedback..That says it all
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Quote:His coins are over graded but then again he also has possibly the worst photos I have ever seen on ebay. I think hes using a 1 megapixel camera from 1997 with a dirty lense from 1983. So it is hard to tell if the coin is actually nice so its a gamble every time. He actually uses a scanner. And yes it is very scratched up, making the coins looked scratched. Does he overgrade? Very much so! As people here are constantly saying "buy the coin not the holder" or in this case the grade stated by the seller. I have bought a lot of coins from asyn and have been very happy with what I've received. The coins always look better in hand than they do in his scans. |
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