| Author |
 Replies: 9 / Views: 1,160 |
|
|
Valued Member
United States
282 Posts |
Anyone care to venture a grade for this? And second to opine on if it was cleaned, or more likely how harshly it was cleaned. It's in what looks like an older NGC slab. If anyone cares about the variety it's an O-115, Square base 2. Looks like some interesting doubling on the date or something funky going on there. Thanks!   Edited by syeb
05/25/2016 10:19 pm
|
|
|
|
Valued Member
United States
231 Posts |
Very nice. AU-58. May have been cleaned but appears to have loads of luster left. Perfectly acceptable in my book.
Edited by kkirby99
05/26/2016 12:54 am
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Norway
1358 Posts |
 AU-58 would be my verdict, too. :) I can't be 100% sure on if it has been cleaned or not (I don't think so), so I won't say much about that, but to me it looks like a very decent AU-58. Nice coin you have there!  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
8137 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1499 Posts |
To me sharpness grade is no better than AU-55. The question is, how much have the surfaces been altered? It might be too much.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18706 Posts |
technically it looks AU55 to me also. one thing I noticed is that there appears an "X" across the jaw which someone maybe was attempting to hide by cleaning it up a little to make it look less noticeable. not sure if would grade straight but I like it
|
|
Valued Member
 United States
282 Posts |
And the survey says...... It is in an NGC AU 58 slab.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3843 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
The coin HAS been cleaned. A 100+ year-old coin should NEVER be blast-white, with the exception of Morgan dollars. Now the question is HOW the coin has been cleaned. A simple dipping I can live with as most of the luster still seems to be present. A mechanical cleaning that leaves hairlines on the surface is unacceptable. I can't really tell from these pictures one way or another. |
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Agree AU-55; left obverse field looks suspicious for sure.
|
| |
Replies: 9 / Views: 1,160 |
|
Posted 05/26/2016 4:48 pm
