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dcv Valued Member United States 142 Posts	Posted 06/09/2008 6:59 pm "VG"? Report this Post to the Staff

Indian1 Pillar of the Community United States 3640 Posts	Posted 06/09/2008 7:27 pm I would say so. VG-8 Some may say VG-10 Can you make out all of liberty at 5X power ? Might go higher ? to F Report this Post to the Staff
wwhitman Pillar of the Community United States 1415 Posts	Posted 06/09/2008 7:32 pm I would say at least an F-12. If the 'Liberty' was clearer - I would go for the VF-20 Report this Post to the Staff
coinguybrian Rest in Peace United States 5375 Posts	Posted 06/09/2008 7:33 pm F-15, and I agree with the above poster. Perhaps cleaned, too. Report this Post to the Staff
Bilbo Pillar of the Community United States 812 Posts	Posted 06/09/2008 8:23 pm I agree with F-15. Nice dime! Report this Post to the Staff
CuprousCoin Valued Member United States 226 Posts	Posted 06/10/2008 12:15 pm Liberty is complete, ribbon not quite fully defined. so close to VF, but I will also go with F15. Report this Post to the Staff
murty Pillar of the Community United States 1353 Posts	Posted 06/10/2008 2:11 pm I also see the Liberty complete,looks like F15 to me.Appers to have been cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
dcv Valued Member United States 142 Posts	Posted 06/10/2008 4:51 pm Everyone seems to agree on F. This is good. Thank you. I am wondering what some of you are seeing that makes you think it may have been cleaned. In person, it doesn't look odd at all and I have seen some cleaned coins and usually they look odd...almost fake. I wonder if it is something in the lighting I am using. I mean the coin looks alot different in the picture than in person. The whole bronzy-tone thing is lighting. In my hand the coin is pretty much silver. Report this Post to the Staff
wwhitman Pillar of the Community United States 1415 Posts	Posted 06/11/2008 08:27 am If the specimen looks silver, maybe your color balance on the cameria needs adjusting. I am always futzing with lighting and color. At least once a week I change something and take comparison pics (as you may have noticed - I have no life!) I found lots of great info on the camera/photo form. Report this Post to the Staff
Prethen Pillar of the Community United States 3234 Posts	Posted 06/11/2008 09:27 am It looks Fine but cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
Jaobler Pillar of the Community United States 6384 Posts	Posted 06/11/2008 12:48 pm The obverse looks OK to me and I agree with a grade of F-12 to F-15. The reverse actually has somewhat stronger detail and I think it makes VF-20. However, the reverse has me thinking "cleaned" because of the heavy dark color around the left side of the coin. This color is mostly absent from the center and the right side which makes me suspicious that some scrubbing has partially removed that dark color from those areas. I don't see any hairline scratches, so if the reverse was cleaned at least the cleaner didn't scratch it up in the process. Just my opinion, of course! Report this Post to the Staff
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