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Valued Member
United States
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Greetings. I usually post in the errors section but I don't think this fits there so I will ask here. This 1920 D Wlh half is a nice coin but has had lots done to it. Is there any value in a coin like this at some grading level or do you just offer it as cleaned and see what happens? Thanks for your inputs. Rich   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3468 Posts |
Hole filler if you need it, bullion value if you don't.
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Rest in Peace
10197 Posts |
Turtlewax works great on coins too!
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Valued Member
 United States
492 Posts |
ok what a shame. it has nice value regardless of grade. do we figure someone cleans them to try and fool someone into buying a higher grade coin?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
589 Posts |
You could always try to let it tarnish back down...might make the cleaning less noticeable. Might. Probably won't do much to help that condition.
If it were a rarer date overall, you'd still have a premium. But alas, no such luck.
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Moderator
 United States
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Looks like a good pocket piece candidate.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Silver spot is about all for value.
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Valued Member
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Every nimrod that cleans a coin likes this one has been cleaned ... truly believes they are increasing its value.
Try to tell them otherwise and some will even snap back with something like ..."but I bet you want it ... don't you?"
Edited by jmwilson
04/20/2018 4:03 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1305 Posts |
Not just cleaned, but "whizzed".
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Now that one is almost comical. WOW, was that thing done in.
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Valued Member
United States
294 Posts |
Looks like it was buffed out.
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Pillar of the Community
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Good call Jbuck. That'd make a great pocket piece.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The value is in the metal. Of course it could be a hole filler in an album as other have mentioned.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's been harshly cleaned. Worth melt value.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've put coins like this in antique auctions where they realize crazy prices, thanks to impulsive, uneducated, competitive bidders. To a coin dealer or serious coin collector, the value is basically whatever silver melt is. A few years ago, I consigned a bunch of low grade, common coins to a local antique auction. The lot that mostly stands out in my mind was a page of twenty, common date Mercury dimes. At the time, they were wholesaling for 12x face. They were bid to $6 each, being 60x face, and the top bidder took them all. The commission I paid was 20%. |
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Posted 04/20/2018 1:59 pm
