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Valued Member
United States
171 Posts |
Hi All, I got this last coin a week ago as part of a large collection. Really need some help here as I've only owned one other and I don't see them very often. As always, your comments good and not so good are appreciated. Marty   |
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Valued Member
 United States
171 Posts |
I can't tell if this has been cleaned or not. Based on the ware, I'm thinking its an AU-50 but I'm a novice on these.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
Eklections: Not bad for a novice! I am inclined to agree with you.
Yeah. It was once cleaned, but quite some years ago.
My TD would be a full grade-and-a-half below this one. No chop marks, though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3843 Posts |
Looks like AU details to me IMO. Would be great in a type set.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5854 Posts |
I think it has AU details, cleaned. The fields have a kind of unnatural shiny look coupled with hairlines in the left obverse field and halos around the design elements. Not a bad coin though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9792 Posts |
 cleaned AU with a value at above EF pricing. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Valued Member
United States
171 Posts |
Are chop marks good or bad? I have a Seated Liberty dollar that has a single 'C' chop mark on the reverse that is keeping me from sending it in for a TPG. I figured it would just come back in a body bag. Is this a wise thing to do? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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the top 3 TPG's now detail grade coins so they do not "body bag" coins any longer like they once did. Chop marks are usually on Trade dollars and your "C" is considered a counter stamp not a chop mark. Chop marks were done when the coins were in circulation in China because there were so many fakes already flooding the market almost immediately so the cashiers used to test the coins and put the chop marks on the coins. The counterfeiters got wise to this and they started counterfeiting the chop marks also so just because a Trade dollar has chop marks it doesn't automatically mean its real |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3234 Posts |
Looks like a harshly cleaned AU.
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Valued Member
United States
171 Posts |
Would a 'C' counter stamp be considered damage that would warrant a details grade and how does this kind of damage effect the price of a trade or Seated dollar? |
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