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Anyone know how to grade these?   |
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Details wise the coin is around XF but saying anything else would be speculation as pictures are deviod of light.
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That's funny, someone else told me to have a black background for pictures and they can see it better. I see some coin sellers on ebay using photos with black backgrounds. Edited by buddy16cat
06/16/2014 9:40 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Which is better the white or black background?   |
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It's not the color of the background, it's the lack of any color in the photo of the coin. It looks like a page out of an early 20th century coin book.
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I am versed in grading circulated classic commemorative coins ... and agree that this is likely in the XF40/XF45 range. Quote:
That's funny, someone else told me to have a black background for pictures and they can see it better. The difficulty is not your selection of background color, but rather your choice of lighting which has rendered many portions of the coin in 'darkness' ... which makes grading by photograph a very subjective guess. David |
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It is actually a dark coin. It is a scan. I can try a digital photo with a good camera but a high resolution scan appears to be the best and quickest choice. Funny though, I can't seem to find any info on grading commemorative coins. The RedBook just give a little info on how it was the first commemorative. Here the seller's photo:  Edited by buddy16cat
06/16/2014 10:16 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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those surfaces, while all original, could be designated as environmental damage. Overall, the coin has modest circulation wear and would fall into an EF grade range. its a unique example of the coin
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From what I heard, toning is considered damage, it is a form of corrosion. It is really just tarnish, something that silver does. I am reading though that the right environment creates the right type of toning. Wouldn't that be considered artificially toned? Funny though one of the coins in this lot had a tear in the 2x2 and there is black tarnish just on that spot.
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06/17/2014 2:27 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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XF. It seems that a lot of circulated Columbian Expo halves have this appearance.
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Pillar of the Community
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I wonder why? They were originally meant to be sold to raise money but that didn't work well so many were melted or released into circulation.
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