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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Seems to be a beautiful coin, particularly the reverse. The obverse concerns me with what looks like hairlines(?). No zoomed in pics from the seller. Any thoughts/education on what is going on there much appreciated!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is not what an orginal au-53 coin looks like. Run Forest Run!. Unfortunately, the TPG decided that the cleaning wasn't obnoxious enough to trigger a details grade. You are spot on about the hairlines on the obverse. The deemed it to be market acceptable but you will have a hard time selling it if you ever wish to do so. It's very common to see this happen with the seated series. Truth is they probably dropped it a point or two as a penalty for the cleaning. |
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Pillar of the Community
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This is not what an orginal au-53 coin looks like. Run Forest Run!. YES, what Mike said - how is that an AU53? |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
I have to agree. This coin looks like it had scurvy and was scrubbed to get rid of the bruises, which only exacerbated its poor appearance. It's just not right.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The obverse looks like it has been cleaned, with hairlines quite obvious. I think that it should have gone into a "details" holder.
This is not a rare type, especially in AU. I'd pass on this one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here is an up close of the obverse of that coin: Get to know NGC certification checker. It is online or they have an app. They have high-res images of all coins certified by them (I'm not sure about the earlier graded coins.) With that said, I purchased a beautiful, perfect and original Bust coin but it had a crummy image like this one that made it look like it was harshly cleaned. So YMMV  Edited by chesterb
07/17/2017 3:51 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Yug! That NGC photo is just scary. Yech. Run from that one.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36741 Posts |
Sure looks cleaned to me. AU details.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1448 Posts |
I thought it was me, but I couldve sworn those hairlines would make this a details coin. The reverse not nearly as bad. Thanks for all of the kind help!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11880 Posts |
wiped, dipped, cleaned
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.com |
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