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Looks like it was dipped or lightly cleaned. There's no sign of an abrasive cleaning which makes me think dipped, but it looks like whatever was done to it stripped a lot of the luster off and deadened the color despite the nice details this coin has otherwise.
Edited by KenKat
02/16/2014 12:18 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yeah, I agree looks like a light dipping but, it could be the way the photo was taken, a very nice early date Lincoln.  MS-62BN |
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The concept of "dipping" as we know it for silver coins (thiourea or similar) doesn't apply to coppers - that process turns copper a characteristically ugly shade of orange which leaves nothing to the imagination. I don't think there's an equivalent process for copper, but I could be wrong. This one looks like it went through the washer in a pants pocket. Altered-color copper is about the toughest of the coin metals to nail down. Poor coin.  If it's ever circulated, it was very, very little. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Mint state coin that needs some aging to neutralize an old dip. I'd give it some air.
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Pillar of the Community
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Sitting on a sunny window sill may help.
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I'd give it an AU58. Nice details on the the obverse. Not gonna speak to the color because I'm no expert at all and I defer to Dave and BadThad usually on things like this but I could see that this has gone through the washer. I will, however, say that you have a blown pixel in your camera. The same white spot is on your 09VDB as well. Hopefully your camera doesn't decide to acquire any more!
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you have a blown pixel I see it! Good eye. Thanks. |
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Nice coin! I agree with the others mostly, it looks completely devoid of luster. The color doesn't bother me as much as the lack of cartwheel luster. That said - I've seen a lot of toning and strange colors on 15-D's. I'm convinced part of that is the planchets and striking process. The mint tinkered with the hubs in 1915 because they were losing their "sharpness" - they were still using the original 1909 hubs. in 1916 the mint made new hubs and many very sharp coins were produced.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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Even the honest brown examples can take on a molted appearance.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thad those are beautiful 15-Ds.
Are many of your lincolns posted here? I'll take a look through past postings.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks, I've posted hundreds of pictures here...enjoy!
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noD that's too bad that 15-D got dipped. Assuming (and that is the key) that the coin in person is as pictured the obvious tell is the dull lifeless look of the color. If that color were original like on an RB or even a B+ (Brown with 5% red or Brown with Blue tone) there would be some contrast like on the first coin BadThad listed. Now compare that coin of his to the second one he listed. The first obverse picture of that coin that he posted what I notice off the bat is that the high points on Lincoln's face have a "stick out" color. Those high point won't look that way on a AU or even an Xf-45 Lincoln with an original patina.
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