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Valued Member
Canada
348 Posts |
Just checking out this ebay auction 190935029222Seller lists a 2005 with "NO COATING"? Can anyone comment on this. What do you think after looking at his pics? thanks |
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Valued Member
Canada
331 Posts |
It looks like a fairly ordinary 2005 CPZ to me. Not sure what the coating comment is in reference to.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Thats funny  ...  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3049 Posts |
By coating they have removed the lustre. To me it looks like the coin was dipped in a vinagar salt mixture then baking soada was rubbed on it....
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Valued Member
United States
315 Posts |
Love the handwritten MS-64. What a surprise, I have a PR71.5 quadruple die donkey punch 1963 Kennedy half! |
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Moderator
 United States
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Looks like it was dipped in vinegar. John1  |
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Canada
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Looks like a normal (zinc or no P) business strike to me... you can see the lines of the plating effect on the coin... The zinc-cored coins tend to have more squared rims than their steel-cored counterparts...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am a coin novice, but it doesn't look 'natural' to me. Note how the lines on the obverse disappear in the one-o'clock to 2-o'clock positions. To me it looks like that is where the coin was held/clamped while some 'work' was done on it. Otherwise, as mentioned, stating the condition as MS64 on a raw coin is in ebay violation. (I personally wouldn't give it an AU). |
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Canada
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I only see two pics of the reverse, no obverse at all. Grading is an art based on an educated opinion and writing it on the cardboard flip I dont believe is in any violation. Why would it be? With that said I have plenty of pennies that look totally similar to that one. It could lose its shine simply by sitting under water long enough.
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Canada
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reply from the seller was "it has a dull finish, not shiny. comment was written on 2x2 by another collector"
at 99 cents plus $1.95 shipping, I would say overpriced by about $2.93
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United States
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Sorry, I meant the REVERSE. Before I found this forum, I've spent countless hours on the ebay coin forums over the past year, learning as much as possible about the hobby. One of the things I do know that ebay does not allow NUMERIC grades in any listing unless the grade is given by an approved slabber (PGCS, NGC, etc). Writing "MS" on a 2x2 is ok, but the "64" is in violation. What if MS70 was written on the 2x2? Would that still be ok? I believe this policy was made so noobies would have a lesser chance of getting hi-jinked from an overblown grade (buying a 65, getting a 50). |
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 Canada
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atticguy,those rules are for Americans. If you are a Canadian seller registered on ebay.ca ,listing a Canadian coin for sale in Canadian dollars you can almost always put a grade in the title with impunity. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
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