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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I tend to agree with you.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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not a fake slab....just PCGS isn't infallible ...or they market graded
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Market grade was my first thought but I really don't see this as an AU details coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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neither do I pictures are close to what it looks like in hand
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Lot of money if it was ever cleaned. However, being inside a slab doesn't really mean not cleaned. Even TPGS's make errors.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by oih82w8
12/18/2014 12:29 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The surface doesn't look natural to me either.
I also think PCGS should have marked it "details".
I'd pass.
Even if it's not a problem coin, just that appearance
could make it a loser if you ever go to sell it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Images aren't good enough for me to render a reasonable opinion.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hard to believe that with the amount of wear it would look that 'clean,' without having been 'cleaned.'
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If YOU think it is cleaned then it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks since you will not be happy with it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's hard to imagine that any collectible circulated coin 120 years old hasn't ever been cleaned. All those years and not even a fingerprint? Anyway - I digress. Buy not the holder, but the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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Definitely dipped. The natural circulated patina has been stripped off the coin by dipping it. Not at all appealing.
Edited by DoubleEagle20
12/18/2014 12:04 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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I tend to agree with PCGS, and I don't like slabs. Remember, this coin does have some wear, an it has had 120 years to acquire a decent patina. I have a few .925 silver British crowns of the 19th century, and I would find this sort of presentation quite acceptable. I have to admit, I like inspecting ALL of my more valuable purchases in hand before deciding to buy, and the slab just complicates things, including making photography more difficult. You can't test the coin in any reasonable way, and I don't know anywhere nearly enough about fake slabs, especially on ebay. Nevertheless, the basic rule still applies: If your gut feeling makes you unhappy for ANY reason, don't buy it. Edited by sel_69l
12/18/2014 01:00 am
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It's a little hard to tell from the photos on this one. Although, it does look like it was cleaned a long time ago. If you find it questionable, don't buy it. I made that mistake with a Trade dollar once and was never happy with it. So I ended up selling it for one that had the eye appeal I was confident and pleased with. |
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