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Valued Member
United States
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When you pay more than $20 for a silver dollar...they tend to be a little better! Colors are fantastic and one of the clearest obverses I have seen. Looks like a VAM 8A to me. What are your thoughts on grade and also do you think an acetone bath might take care of the black mark on the reverse? Thanks in advance as always!     |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The obverse is very pretty. Even though the hair above the ear looks flat, I think this is an unc New Orleans mint weakly struck coin.
But this is unc details stained due to the stain on the reverse. This is a common date unc details morgan. $20 bucks + maybe a $5 premium for the pretty obverse toning.
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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Pillar of the Community
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Won't hurt to try acetone soak but looks like that is some kind of toning that isn't going to come off. It doesn't look that bad.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
 its a good buy for $20, but that reverse stain doesn't look like toning. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
A close up of the second right obverse star would help with the attribution and I doubt that acetone would touch that reverse mark but it can't hurt to try.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8715 Posts |
A good buy for $20. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3479 Posts |
Can't go wrong with $20. Looks like it might have semi prooflike fields.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Great price whatever the grade, but that reverse really detracts.
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Valued Member
 United States
306 Posts |
Here are the results after the acetone bath. Much improved, does this still detail or is she a straight grade now? On a side note, it is amazing the role lighting can make in a picture!   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18670 Posts |
MS62 possibly 63. did the soak change anything on the obverse. it would be nice to see that surface for a more accurate grade as your first photo looks like it may have some scratches across the surfaces but its hard to tell how bad they are
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Posted 02/10/2018 5:55 pm
