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Pillar of the Community
United States
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These are the seller's pics:   Asking price was $85. It almost looks like a cameo proof in the picture, but I'm sure it isn't. Once concern I have is that LIBERTY isn't very visible on the obverse, but I looked at the PCGS Photograde site and noticed that a lot of these in higher grades have indistinct LIBERTY for some reason. Any thoughts? |
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Valued Member
United States
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From those pictures it looks like harsh cleaning but it could just be the lighting
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1536 Posts |
Sometimes it is the lighting that makes a coin looked polished or glossy because it was used in jewelry. I have a coin like that, it looked glossy in the picture but wasn't like that in hand. I wouldn't take a chance for $85 though unless they had a good return policy.
Edited by buddy16cat
01/06/2013 5:12 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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They do have a no questions asked 14-day return policy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
689 Posts |
I think it looks polished, I understand what pics can do to the look of a coin but even with the return policy I wouldn't go for it. Just my opinion though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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From the pictures it looks very shiny at the high points (not in a good way), IMHO. 1881 is a very easy year to find, have you looked at other options?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Also, there is something going on with her mouth. It almost looks like the head was covered in something and they missed the lips (that could explain the soggy letters in liberty). IF you do decide to purchase it, I would be interested in seeing a close up of those lips.
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Valued Member
United States
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Looks like a polished AU, but perhaps that is the lighting.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, the seller has a lot of positive feedback and claimed that the coin had not been cleaned to the best of his knowledge, so we'll see what we see when I get it in hand. Thanks for the comments!
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United States
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All right, I just got the nickel in the mail:   The LIBERTY on the obverse is much more visible in hand than it was in the seller's picture, which is nice. It's definitely not a proof, sadly, but neither does it appear to have been polished. Can't rule out a dipping at some time in the past, but I'm happy with the overall appearance and amount of detail. |
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United States
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Very, VERY nice! Your pictures are much better than the seller's pictures. At a glance I would think this is high AU, I think the obverse is suffering from a weak strike but the III on the reverse, awesome! I would believe you if you were to tell me there is no rub and it is MS, I just have a problem seeing that from the pictures.
Again, awesome III!
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United States
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Thanks, CoinsKelly! I was holding my breath to see if the first response was going to be "obviously harshly cleaned"...
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Israel
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Even when seeing your pics (which are definitely better), I have a feeling it was cleaned before, but I'm not really a 3 cent collector, so I could easily be wrong.
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Valued Member
United States
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It's very nice and your pics make the coin look beautiful I imagine that the coin looks even better in hand. Very nice!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't see harshly cleaned from the pictures, maybe lightly cleaned but so minor I think you may only notice in hand
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United States
442 Posts |
 definitely not harshly cleaned it was just a horrible first pic |
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