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What do you think PCGS gave her and do you think she is a candidate for a quick dip? Or just leave her alone.   Edited by shadowtrooper78
06/30/2017 11:34 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's attractive toning and totally original au50/53. I'd leave it be. If it was very dark black ugly toning then I'd consider a dip.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3471 Posts |
AU53/55 and I wouldn't touch it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7512 Posts |
AU55, I'd leave it as is with natural toning!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1094 Posts |
AU55 as well for me. Love the toning
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree AU-55, leave it be.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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AU-55, and I would be very leery about dipping that coin. I don't think that it will come out well at all. The toning is too set in the surface, and you could end up with something that might be kind of ugly. Besides most advanced collectors want undipped coins these days.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 With AU-55 . Obverse is nicer than reverse . IMHO never dip a circulated coin. Besides the coin is already slabbed . Did you really want to crack it out just to dip it ? Then what ?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The reverse is worn a little more than the obverse, although it usually holds slightly less weight. I would say AU-53, the eagle just has a bit too much wear to warrant a 55. Either way, definitely leave it as is in the slab, it's a beautiful Barber!  |
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 United States
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My imaging probably didn't help, it has deep reflective fields, and I believe what is seen as wear is an element of the lighting. I don't have an axial set up so it makes it difficult to capture proof coins. Knowing that this is a proof coin was why I asked about dipping, there is no wear and the gray undertone really takes away from the proof fields and I believe has hindered the grade. I'm 90% sure I'm not gutsy enough to actually crack it out and dip anyway haha.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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sharp rims and denticles identify this clearly as proof. I see rub on eagle's head. pr58.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.comEdited by numismatic student
07/05/2017 9:31 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Wow did that just throw us all into the ocean without a life jacket !  |
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