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Valued Member
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Dug this barber it has a light purple tint around it? what condition is it?   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm not very knowledgeable in this series but I'll say AU-53. Hope the little patch of green above liberty on the obverse isn't going to be a problem. Overall a very pleasing coin to look at.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Solid 55. Thank you for saving this little beauty from extinction, and congratulations on a prize found.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Real nice ground find AU53-55 .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Solid mid au piece nice find.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
 United States
61 Posts |
It does have this purple tint to it? what can you say about that?
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Valued Member
United States
51 Posts |
I'd say AU-53 in my book.
I'm curious to know if there was more green spots on it when you originally dug it up, and if you soaked it in "verdicare" or some cleaning solution? It looks otherwise in fantastic shape given its age; you might've dug up a treasure sunk a century ago!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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what a find! How deep was she? Any interesting notes about the area?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Valued Member
United States
398 Posts |
Good hair detail, AU-53 and maybe AU-55 on a good day .... Is there an AU-54?
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Valued Member
United States
61 Posts |
The area it was dug in was the same area I found the 1891 Morgan silver dollar in about 25 yards from the morgan, This was 6 inches down rang up a solid 83 on my AT pro, It is an old park. All I did to clean it was hot water and tooth brush, I did not know I had this till I arrived home and cleaned it. I dont clean any coins in the fields no rubbing any coins. |
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Rest in Peace
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I'd give up the tooth brush. Especially with silver coins, if you just let them soak for a bit and rinse then rinse again in distilled water you will get the vast majority of the encrusted dirt off without any worry about scratching the surfaces.
As I'm sure you know - the silver is easy to 'clean' without much effort. Most of the time they come out of the ground in almost the same condition as when they were dropped.
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