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United States
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VF25. They didn't like the color, or did they say improperly cleaned?
Edited by OldSkoolMadSkilz
07/27/2015 9:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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B-5 variety, R-1. Diagnostic bar die scratch behind head.
I grade it VF20, possibly VF25.
Nice coin!
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Pillar of the Community
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Cleaned. There are some very light scuffs on the cheek which can be seen at certain angles. Perhaps that's why it says "Cleaning".
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Pillar of the Community
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VF Details, I always want one of these dated in the 1700's.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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I would think VF-30 Cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Detail looks very close to EF-40, especially the feather detail on the eagle's wings. The softness at the obverse center looks strike-related.
Larger pictures would be nice but based on these images the color doesn't look bad and I don't see any obvious hairline scratches. The denticles seem very weak on the obverse from 7:00 to 9:00 and on the reverse in the corresponding area, about 9:00 to 10:30. Maybe there is damage or some kind of tooling here? Otherwise, I don't see any glaring reason why PCGS called it Not Gradable.
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Pillar of the Community
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Nice 35 and not a bad strike for these. I'm not seeing anything obvious as to why this was detailed, other than possible improper cleaning, which is tough to tell on these photos. The only other thing I could see was the possible "strengthening" or tooling on the hair lines on the back of Liberty. But the photos just are not good enough for me to say that for sure.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Shame. Still a nice-looking coin, certainly a 35.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I'll go VF details, probably detailed for an old cleaning, as I don't see any tooling or otherwise distracting things with this coin. A good buy at the right price I would think.
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Bedrock of the Community
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This is a serious early $. EF40
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I may have been a little too conservative grading this coin. Considering the variety (B-5), the details appear to be VF30. The picture is not too clear and quite small, but this seems about correct. Cleaned? impossible for me at least to tell from the photos. Here is my example of the B-5, same as the OP coin, for comparison. This coin was graded VF30/VF35 almost 3 decades ago by B&M. Still raw to this day.   |
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I think it should grade problem free but I think PCGS said VF details
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