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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2495 Posts |
Difficult to tell.
Could just be the picture or the lighting used.
If played with, I would say it's been polished.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3049 Posts |
Yes.. it looks polished... and most things from this seller for some reason they sell for more than they're worth...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1431 Posts |
Untampered-with coins are not that reflective; there is a total lack of mint lustre. That coin has been polished aggresively.
Calling that "BU Flawless"...well I wouldn't expect any less from that seller.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
4911 Posts |
The coin is odd looking at first glace, I can't say for sure anything about the coin using those photos, the frosty contrast on the hair is a point in favor of originality though...
Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1700 Posts |
Cleaned. The luster is too high. The original coin was probably in EF or AU. Otherwise, an MS 60 coin wouldn't usually have scratches so deep and abundant.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2781 Posts |
I don't think dipped, and if polished they did a pretty good job of getting into every single nook and cranny. however from this particular seller it throws up the caution flags.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
972 Posts |
Recently dipped, Not a harsh cleaning as there are no hairlines present. If polished you would see some hairlines. Actually it's not a bad example of a 48 dollar except the cleaning took away any originally of the coin. Selling coins is much like fishing, the brighter/flasher lure you use, the bigger the fish you catch.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I think that it looks fine,..but what do I know...
Most dollars in those years were quickly dipped once..
..and the set (45,..46,..47's) that I have look much like that 48 and came directly from the original owner who never touched them.
Some of my 40's have a bit more frosting on the jaw(die burn),..but these dies were now chrome plated and had a much better finish than the previous years..
The present price is very low ..IMO..
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Cleaned, polished or dipped, I bet it goes for at least $1500.00.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2495 Posts |
Yes, it'll still sell for at least $1500.
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Pillar of the Community
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It will probably sell for around $2000 being an asyn coin. Its a shame that most of these things are cleaned, I might never find one for that reason. There were 18,000 minted but FAR less are actually out there which is kind of sad. If I cant find an uncleaned MS-63 one of these things in the next couple of years I'mjust going to buy a higher grade one for wayyyy more money just so I can have one. Thanks for the info everybody. DEVLEC, I have always wondered why they look different like that, I like the 30`s ones better though.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Some of my 40's have a bit more frosting on the jaw(die burn),..but these dies were now chrome plated and had a much better finish than the previous years..
I love when they have very strong die burn on the jaw and neck....I call them hobo dollars cause it looks like George has a beard Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, it'll still sell for at least $1500 More like $2,450.00. I hope it goes to a good home.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah, I followed that one just to see. Odd that there are two unc ICCS BIN for at or below that price - MS62 and MS60 - yet people go for the raw 2x2 and questionable photos. Hoping to win big on MS64 I guess. Every other "BU Flawless" that seller has listed looks harshly cleaned to me. What struck me when I first read this post was that the 2x2 looks fresh as a daisy.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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ASYN is a phenomenon .... they overgrade all of their coins... yet somehow they have a following of sorts that over bids on almost all of their material...
I have no idea how they get a hold of all of their material but they sell piles and piles of coins... and almost all of it sells for full trends price...
I can say this... I personally didn't like the look of this '48.. it just didn't have nice eye appeal... if I'm going to put out a bunch of money for a coin... I will really want to be happy with how it looks
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Posted 03/28/2015 10:17 pm
