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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2519 Posts |
261614370496Polished like crazy or fake? The date looks too close to the date for that mintmark. Sorry typo. I typed 9 instead of 8. Edited by Altaira
10/08/2014 8:54 pm
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Valued Member
United States
453 Posts |
Well, if it was a "1964s" seated half it would definitely be fake!
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Valued Member
United States
453 Posts |
Ha! I looked back and saw the 1864 and for a second there thought I was loosing it!
I do agree with you that something looks off with that coin....old fake maybe?
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
2519 Posts |
Not sure if it's a new fake or old fake or not fake... The only thing I know is that it looks funny.
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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
I found that date location in my research. Whether or not it's real, it is definitely a harshly cleaned coin. The crud stubbornly clinging to the stars is proof. It's a shame - this year/mint is a real sleeper in the series, and begins getting very tough indeed in this grade.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
Looks genuine to me but as SD said, it's got all kinds of problems.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3755 Posts |
She needs to be in a pocket for a year or so to wear that polishing off. But she IS shiny pretty!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2519 Posts |
I didn't want to call fake because all of the other details are right, but way too shiny so that I got suspicious. You guys confirmed that it was polished too much. This is the first time I've seen something this polished until it looks pretty goofy.
It's a pity for this coin. is this one of the key dates?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'd say real and it was a decent XF45 to 50 coin with a couple of small scrapes on the reverse before it was polished. Now I would probably net the coin as a VG 10 to F 12.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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So cleaning lowers the grade of a coin instead of just giving it a details grade? So a cleaned XF coin wouldn't be just XF details?
Waste of a good coin, I've read a blog where the guy wrote that he cleans his coins by putting them in a cloth pocket and put it in the washing machine and they cone out all shiny.
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Moderator
United States
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You're conflating Details grading with Net grading, two completely different things. Details grades estimate the true level of detail on the coin, while Net grading estimates value. Conder's saying the coin should be worth an F-12 price.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2519 Posts |
Thanks for the explanation SD. How exactly is a Net grade determined?
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Moderator
United States
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How exactly is a Net grade determined? Experience, and knowing the market for the coin. It's even more subjective than the grading itself. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I vote for real, but cleaned harshly.
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Posted 10/08/2014 8:57 pm
