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Anyone care to help me grade this one ? Found in a roll of silver a few years back.   |
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I see no luster, so that puts me at an EF-40. However, there is a lot of detail. Maybe the toning is hiding the luster (in which case, this is a good dip candidate), or the coin was originally overdipped and there is no luster. I would buy it from those pictures at an EF-45 price. However, this coin would reside in an AU holder, so I'd guess a TPG would say AU-53/55. If you dip it, and there is full luster, AU-58 is no question, and possibly even MS. You also have a potential for a FH. Edited by TypeCoin971793
03/19/2017 07:57 am
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The coin has AU detail, but there is environmental damage as well, unfortunately. The green spot inside of the letter "L" in "LIBERTY" might be especially telling.
I don't think that dipping this coin will help; it might make it worse. I would leave it as is unless you try a professional restoration service like NCS. I think that their opinion might be the same as mine. At rate the cost of restoration probably won't be justifiable.
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I'm in at EF-45+ . I'm dead set against dipping any silver coin that is not a full 63 or better . To me ,how can you have a blast white coin with signs of wear on it ,even at a 2 second dip I don't think it will benefit this coin . Real nice SLQ , touch up that green spot by the L ,and leave her be .  |
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What a nice find in a roll of quarters!
AU-50?
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Dipping will not improve that coin. Not all of the toning will be removed, and what will be left will make that coin very unattractive.
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There are some coins that do benefit from a dip. In this case I agree with billjones I'd like ncs do something on this, then take the chance on doing something that you'll regret. If you decide to dip (which I don't agree with for this example), don't dip it too long, they say a few seconds.
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Oh I like her just the way she is.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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The lustre is dead from prior dippings.
Serious environmental damage now. Trying to remove the heavy tarnish now will leave huge fields of pitting where the darkest toning is at.
Leave it alone and let it rest in peace.
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AU-55 details, little eye appeal.
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Oh I like her just the way she is. Me too...wouldn't dream of dipping her. Thanks for all the help guys, I'll see what I can do about that green spot |
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Yeah, blast white just doesn't do it for me.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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AU50 - would not touch it
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Good news...the green stuff was a tiny bit of junk...just fell off when I touched it with a toothpick. Second thing is that I was just comparing it to a PCGS MS-66 FH example...and it has more detail on the face, shield, and eagle's wings (than the PCGS example) I'll take the time to get some better pictures here in the next couple of days...(between fishing trips)
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03/19/2017 9:43 pm
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Posted 03/19/2017 07:55 am
