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Pillar of the Community
United States
767 Posts |
Pretty high price for au. If that is natural toning, I can see why. It makes liberty's head appear to glow. Is that natural toning, or some sort of color alteration? Thanks. http://www.ebay.com/itm/331418545261 |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Scottk, great question. Some form of cleaning my guess. I'm still in the learning stage 101.
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I honestly can't explain the patina however I can tell you it looks like a 47/47 error. Note the bottom of the one eight and seven. I could be wrong but it looks good to me
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2563 Posts |
I'd say cleaned and then some one altered the color/it retoned. Nice overdate, but bummer about the cleaning.
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Moderator
 United States
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No way those are natural surfaces. Heavily cleaned, retoned. Probably on a windowsill. Here is a nice example of an absolute original coin. One I lost by $1.50  http://www.ebay.com/itm/1854-Large-...04704676?ru=http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html%3F_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=171604704676&_rdc=1&nma=true&si=s5XI43V%252FD9fbKWNZqZtUgDqTb24%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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That is unlike any natural toning I have seen. Cleaned and retoned is quite probable.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2368 Posts |
Almost certainly cleaned. AU details.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1566 Posts |
No way it's a 47 7 over small 7, check your RedBook. It looks to me to an XF45+ N-16. Definitely cleaned at one time (but to share a secret, they all have). |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
655 Posts |
The toning on the ebay coin in question looks an awful lot like the toning on the coin pictured at CoinFacts.com (link posted by eagleeye4coins). If the coin at CoinFacts has not been cleaned (or has it?) then why think the ebay coin has? |
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