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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Moderator
 United States
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@Willburton, yes looks wicked shiny. Grading these things was never one of my strong suits, but I wonder why the fields seem to be so rough. Was this coin plated?  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's definitely FS-1101, which is a great pickup!
But unfortunately it looks cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2558 Posts |
I hope it's not cleaned but it is very shiny. I'm going to take a chance on it. The seller has several other 1909 cents listed and it's color is the same as the others. Edited by Willburton
12/03/2018 8:51 pm
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Moderator
United States
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@wilburton, consider asking the mods to move this thread over to the us modern coin grading section. Those dudes really know their stuff.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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yes way too many dings on liberty for this to be a full ms coin. coin has been cleaned or polished..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I looked at this thing as close as I could and it seems like another cent hit it at 12:30 and 6:30 flattening the St of TRUST and possibly damaging liberty as well. We'll see. I don't have much in on it, and really don't want it to have been cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice variety...but it does in deed look cleaned.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Post some pics when it arrives. The lighting in these images makes it tough to grade.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2558 Posts |
Yea I'll post better pics when I get it. I was excited and wasn't expecting the possibility of "cleaned". Looking at the sellers other coins, some are obviously cleaned but some look good to me. Thanks guys
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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where , and how did they store it would be a good question to ask them ,looks to good to be true. but best of luck
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Moderator
United States
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Moved to the grading section at your request, Willburton.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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If a sellers coins all have the same color often the coins will grade questionable color in my opinion. While it is a very nice coin, the fact that the color seems off for the date, matches his other coins, and is not slabbed makes me think you should not yet get too excited. Now if you picked it up for a Details price then that is another story!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Coin appears to have been polished. I'm betting it has no cartwheel luster. As the others have said, when ALL of the sellers coins look the same, that's a huge red flag! GOOD LUCK!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Shoulder seems pretty banged up, but that could just be bag marks. Not convinced it's been cleaned. I'd like to see different pics as well, but tentatively I'd say 63RD straight.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Hard to tell from these photos if it is original or cleaned.
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Posted 12/03/2018 8:45 pm
