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Valued Member
United States
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I found this online and was wondering if you guys could tell me if it looks cleaned, real and the grade possibly? I have asked the seller for better pictures but still waiting for them.   |
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Moderator
 United States
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Tough call, and this is all tentative.
I'm seeing a coin which ought to have luster left, a high AU at the least. Seems flatly-struck, leading to potentially deceptive indication of wear. The images are too small, and too angled, to form opinions regarding surface originality but I'm cautiously optimistic although the "haze" around the stars is disconcerting.
This one is either a really high-level coin, or one which will leave you saying, "What a shame." It's indicative of the problems with trying to purchase from inconclusive images because the range of potential values amounts to hundreds of dollars. This could be a $100 coin or a $1000 coin.
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Valued Member
 United States
243 Posts |
Yeah I'm worried about wear too and getting a decent grade calculated as this coin the grades are very important in determining price. Hopefully he will send better images.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
940 Posts |
Technically it looks AU-50 to me, with flatness on the obverse due to striking. I can't detect hairlines in the coin's fields that would indicate abrasive cleaning, which would be encouraging to me. Unfortunately, you usually can't tell for sure until the coin is in hand.
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Valued Member
United States
243 Posts |
Yeah, can pretty much only tell in hand.
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Valued Member
United States
113 Posts |
If it were me, I would want to take a real close look at the denticles on this coin, also the features on the reverse look a little flat but that could be the angle of the picture. Personally..I wouldn't buy any capped bust coinage without having it in hand unless I was buying it from a trusted source.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8904 Posts |
 with the previous posts. This coin (from the pictures) appears genuine to me. It appears, again, IMO, to be an EF-45+ coin. I do suspect a cleaning sometime in its life (the haze around the stars and the date lend me to think this). I would wait for the follow-on pictures, but this could be a reasonably good deal.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1748 Posts |
I suspect a light cleaning somewhere in its past, but that would have to be verified by having it in hand.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7620 Posts |
Looks ok and AU to me. If the price was right I'd take a chance on it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3843 Posts |
XF-45 or possibly AU-50. However there is a significant risk that this coin has been cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5417 Posts |
I don't think it's cleaned and for grade I think AU-50 is fair.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2540 Posts |
I'd say AU, I don't see a cleaning, but...
There looks like something in the field in front of her face.
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Valued Member
United States
243 Posts |
It doesn't look cleaned to me but does seem to have more wear than I would like.
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Posted 02/02/2014 2:56 pm
