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Pillar of the Community
United States
1475 Posts |
Just received this 3 cent silver coin without having good pictures. Much luster is present, but it just looks too clean. Is it a AU/BU, or has it been cleaned? Grading and opinions on cleaning are welcome. This is my first silver 3 cent piece for my 7070 album. Thank you.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1609 Posts |
No opinion on grade or cleaning, but it has a strong clash and it was from a VVLDS (very very late die stage)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36878 Posts |
Nice coin but it does appear to have been cleaned. AU-58 details.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3479 Posts |
I think it's the lack of color in the pictures that make it look worse. The surfaces don't look right. Too much texturing or something. Harsh cleaning? ED?
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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
The area around the first S in STATES, and the lower rim of the reverse, tells all there needs to be said regarding cleaning, which is a shame. This is otherwise a highly interesting coin, not only clashed but at an extremely advanced stage of die wear.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
AU, details, cleaned. Super example of a VLDS and a strong clash too.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1499 Posts |
It has AU sharpness, but it has been "cooked" in dipping solution. Large amounts of metal has been removed from the surfaces. Some of the lines are Die Deterioration stress marks, but most of it is damage from acid. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4469 Posts |
I agree with BillJones. AU Details.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Same here, chemical damage.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1475 Posts |
Appreciate all the comments..
Great learning process for me...
Edited by Coconutjoe
08/17/2017 6:36 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Keep pluggin'. We all have a closet full of mistakes.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
11922 Posts |
AU-58, and I am thinking Details from those pictures.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1475 Posts |
Quote:
Keep pluggin'. We all have a closet full of mistakes. Thanks for the encouragement frog  I have about 2/3 filled up using my existing collection. I'm trying to plug the rest. It's so darn exciting!!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11899 Posts |
au details harshly 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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Posted 08/17/2017 08:47 am
