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Pillar of the Community
United States
4469 Posts |
Please give me a grade on this coin up for auction and let me know if you think the toning is AT or original. 151931528636 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4932 Posts |
Looks altered and an AU piece.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3210 Posts |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36782 Posts |
AU details, altered surfaces (cleaned and recolored).
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4469 Posts |
Indian Gold Eagle,
How are you picking up the cleaned surface?
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Pillar of the Community
1153 Posts |
I am by no means an expert on toning, but it appears that the tone lines on the obverse don't mend together. When they stop suddenly and restart suddenly that is a tell tale sign of it being artificial. Hopefully someone can correct me if I am wrong, again, I don't deal much with toning.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36782 Posts |
A bright unnatural surface due to a chemical cleaning, then an artificial tone applied is my guess.
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
Yes , AU-55 altered surfaces.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
 If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4963 Posts |
Quote:
Mintage 5337 He just took the Type I mintage and divided it by 1,000. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
Looked at his sold listings, lots of AT or questionable. But every single description is that he just purchased the item from a large estate collection ... garbage.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9792 Posts |
Definitely an AT Coin, looks AU to me from the reverse. The colors don't follow the visual spectrum order (always a key to telling AT) Most likely a chemical of some sort with some heat applied.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Valued Member
United States
398 Posts |
Fairly good example ..... Nice little split in the tail but worn or weak strike head and the front is ok but not overly impressed with either ....
AU53 maybe but the color has been tampered with, avoid as who knows what it will age into over next few years, could turn into a dark mess, avoid!
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