1831 Capped Bust Quarter

I see no problem with it grading AU55. My goodness what a nice Capped Bust quarter. I especially love the Eagles on these quarters.

Yea looks like it was dipped, not recently though because it is starting to tone back.
I would give it AU-55 obverse and AU58 reverse due to very few visible marks. Overall AU-55 and very well struck!
Nice one!

Thanks, it is a nice coin. I'm not good at detecting dipped coins yet. If the majority here thinks its dipped I will return it. It was broken out of a ICG AU58 slab.

How can you tell from the picture it was dipped?

I was searching David Lawrence site and this is the coin. Who ever bought it in October 07 decided to sell it again.

http://www.davidlawrence.com/auctio...3&imagebase=

You are getting opinions on whether to keep or send back, but I think a big factor is how much you paid. That figure is none of our business, but should be important to your decision. I just got back my 31 quarter from Anacs. It was given AU58 whizzed. I paid 700 dollars for it and I'm not elated about the deal, but I don't think I would lose anything if I sold it. I bought it in an NNC slab as a 64. It seems very similar in condition as yours but is toned. I also see very similar marks on the close-up that gave mine the whizzed designation.

I understand you not wanting problem coins in your type set, but I'm not sure you understand how difficult that may be, or how expensive. I started getting serious about my type set about 4 years ago. I had 50 coins in my set- all raw. I decided to turn them into a graded set because I had some very nice coins and I wanted my kids to know what they had someday. I sent the best to Anacs because of their availability and continued from there. Of the 76 coins now in the set,13 of them are "problem" coins, but they are all in the old Anacs holders and make a tidy set. I don't always agree with the cleaned marked on the slab and that designation certainly doesn't take away from the beauty of the coin. But it does take away from the cost. A minor example-I bought on ebay an 1857 five cent silver graded MS60 damaged. The damage is a few tiny dot indentations on the reverse that cannot be seen with the naked eye. I got it for 91 dollars including postage. It is a beautiful example of the type and a half to a third of what a non problem would have cost me- if I could find one. I personally would not trade any of my problem coins for one of lesser detail of the same value. Just my view on the subject.