1917-D Standing Liberty Quarter (Type I) For Grading

Vf20/25. Acetone dip it Adam it could use it badly, still a better date

VF-20.

VF-20

F-15 , not too shabby but a little too dark for me .

F-15, tad shy of 20 to me, but a super nice coin!

Severe dishonesty with photos on the part of the seller forced my hand with this one. I love original coins, but sometimes, it's too risky to the coin to leave it be. The coin was entirely black, almost, with a mottled obverse, and a reverse that appeared (and smelled) as though it had been buried in axle grease for a few years, including a huge, greasy, tar-like fingerprint over the left wing (which you can barely see in seller's pictures.) It would have never straight graded at any TPG.

Since I already have the same date and MM in a slabbed MS63 I figured I'd try to save it rather than waste time returning it, so first she went into the acetone, then a 1:3 dip/water in 5 second intervals using pillow edge tongs, scalding hot water rinse, then acetone again. Took 3 5 second attempts, plus some light picking at the tar-goop-junk with a paper lollipop stick, and most of the ugly tar-black went away. There was actually some coppery red toning that had been hidden under the black junk that survived intact.

That being said, I think I saved it from impending doom, and if you want to re-evaluate the grade, go ahead.