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coins4fun Valued Member United States 153 Posts	Posted 10/21/2012 11:46 pm Hello, I just won this item on an ebay Auction. It is a raw 1836 Capped Bust quarter that I intend to include in a Dansco 7070 album. 17 coins to go for the set! I find the Capped Bust design in general to be attractive. How would you grade this coin? I paid $82 for it on ebay (with a 14 day return possibility). It looks like it may have been cleaned. Did I get a good or a bad deal? Thanks for your input. Edited by coins4fun 10/22/2012 12:10 am Report this Post to the Staff

acloco Pillar of the Community United States 3540 Posts	Posted 10/22/2012 12:13 am Unfortunately, yes. Way over dipped. BUT, Capped Bust and Seated Liberty are truly hard to find in ANY grade...that have not been messed with in some way. This one though, is a bit to clean and off color. Does this fit with the rest of your type coins you currently have? Was the cleaning/dipping disclosed in the auction? Report this Post to the Staff
coins4fun Valued Member United States 153 Posts	Posted 10/22/2012 12:27 am I'm not sure if it will fit in well with the rest of the coins, and I am considering returning it. I looked for some time on ebay and could not find any problem free Capped Bust quarters at a reasonable price, so I thought this might be a good compromise (it does have some decent details.) As far as the 7070 set goes, I have been buying the best coins that I can afford, including an EF Seated dollar, gem proof mercury, and an uncirculated standing liberty. I purchased the following similar coin last week off ebay. he Bay Edited by coins4fun 10/22/2012 12:29 am Report this Post to the Staff
Joe2007 Pillar of the Community United States 3843 Posts	Posted 10/22/2012 12:30 am Quote: BUT, Capped Bust and Seated Liberty are truly hard to find in ANY grade...that have not been messed with in some way. Yeah for me the Capped Bust quarter is proving to be one of the hardest slots to fill in my 7070. They are fairly difficult to find in the first place and many of the ones that you do find are cleaned/dipped or damaged in some way. I think $80 is a little high and if I was in your position I return it if possible, and then try to find one that isn't cleaned/dipped. You might have to up your budget a little to get a decent original piece. I bought a cleaned Capped Bust quarter a few years ago when I was starting out and now am in the process of upgrading my earlier mistakes in my type set. Edited by Joe2007 10/22/2012 12:33 am Report this Post to the Staff
Joe2007 Pillar of the Community United States 3843 Posts	Posted 10/22/2012 12:35 am Wow really like your Capped Bust half dollar! Report this Post to the Staff
BH1964 Bedrock of the Community United States 10982 Posts	Posted 10/22/2012 12:48 am The coin does look cleaned and/or polished with Fine Details. The "problems" would take the value down into the Good condition range (to me anyway). Based on the images provided I would value your coin at $70 retail. I think you did okay at the $82 price and would not return it unless the seller somehow mis-represented the coin. ANA #R3154474 Report this Post to the Staff
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