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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
7096 Posts |
This looks like it has been dipped and scrubbed. PCGS Market Grading gone Mad here  |
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Rest in Peace
10197 Posts |
My first impression was that the 2 of date looks , ummm, funny, too high placed. Now no expert by any means, the only seated lib $ ever seen hands on is my 1864 very obvious cast copy, where its date is soooo wrong, the 64 is wrong font! Maybe why I'm seeing this, might just be normal?  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Nothing as bad as you made it sound. Not one I'd bid on, but one I could see getting some reasonable bids.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1660 Posts |
PCGS has slabbed fakes. At least this coin is genuine.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
I don't this one was cleaned abrasively. Dipped, yes. The hairlines are probably from rubbing against another coin. There aren't enough parallel hairlines for me to call it cleaned from the pictures.
Now, how did the graffiti behind the eagle's head get past PCGS? There is an obvious carved X.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
I see it as original. And the lines don't show until you go to Full Size. And they are too random; they look like handling marks. That's overkill; too much magnification. The TPG's don't go that far. You use that magnification on a Proof 70 coin and you'll wonder how it made 70. BUT I still have trouble see it as an AU-58. AU-50 or -53 maybe. |
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Valued Member
United States
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It is blast white and over 150 years old, so it is not original.
TPGs like dipped coins though.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Still apparently market-acceptable. I don't mind it.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3479 Posts |
Thanks for all the replies. I will get command over these slds someday. Ask for opinions and they come in all over the map. I understand why these are one of the most frustrating and rewarding serious to collect. Eventually I will complete a set with original surfaces. Probably when I'm 80 years old and have a couple marbles rolling around.
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CCF Advertiser
United States
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Details cleaned coins look much worse than this, but the X is concerning. I wouldn't buy it because of the grafitti.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7375 Posts |
If you squint, it's really nice looking.
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