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Valued Member
United States
143 Posts |
When I bought this one, in the late 70s, I was told it was an F12. Curious as to your thoughts. Thanks.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
608 Posts |
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Valued Member
 United States
143 Posts |
Thanks, and good to hear you found the same rating.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
952 Posts |
agreed, F-12........and a nice circulated coin...if only it could talk!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5417 Posts |
I can't see it as a F-12. It's VG for me, looks like an old cleaning, and the obverse may have been burned?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2189 Posts |
I think it just makes F-12
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5828 Posts |
f-12, old cleaning. Nice!
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Valued Member
United States
143 Posts |
Are you saying the black mark is from an old cleaning, or the fact that the coin is so clean is because it was clearly cleaned at some point? Just curious. Thanks.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3843 Posts |
VG-10 in my opinion. Has lots of parallel hairlines on the obverse indicating a cleaning. Was likely much darker in color at one time and was then cleaned but they couldn't fully remove the black stuff on the obverse. Like zxcccxz said it could be damage resulting from a fire.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5417 Posts |
I though it could be burned because the black stuff is definitely not toning. It has a burn pattern and is also raised implying that heat caused some of the metal to move.
Also, looks like there is some PVC on the reverse (nothing major). Could use an acetone bath.
Edited by zxcccxz
01/13/2015 11:25 pm
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Valued Member
United States
143 Posts |
I'm just amazed at the things you guys can see.
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Valued Member
167 Posts |
VG10, I too see the hairlines but don't think it would bag for them. Maybe it would get hit another grade and end up an 8.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2563 Posts |
Sorry to be a bummer, but it looks a lot like my 1902 half that was graded VG10 by the Community. I'm going with VG10, still a very nice coin that I would be happy to have in my collection
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1566 Posts |
F-12 cleaned. The denticles look too good for a VG.
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Rest in Peace
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Posted 01/13/2015 9:12 pm
