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Valued Member
United States
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I came across this toned 1893 Columbian Exped. half on ebay and became enamored with it and bought it. It is raw (which I usually shy away from on ebay,) but I thought the toning looked legitimate as an album toned coin. Other than the toning (which is the "point" of this particular coin,) there certainly wouldn't be any premium via its condition. Any thoughts as to grade. Would you encapsulate given the toning? Other thoughts? Thanks.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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AU50'ish and probably cleaned at one time.
I don't know if the toning is original or not.
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Valued Member
 United States
128 Posts |
Listed as having been kept in a Wayte Raymond album. I have no 1st hand experience with coins toned in those albums, but pictures loom similar-ish to this coin. I do not have it in hand yet. If it's a stinker, then it is probably back to only slabbed coins from ebay for me. Also, I didn't exactly break the bank on it. I paid around $23 shipped. Edited by Nazarene
07/20/2019 03:27 am
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Moderator
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If you slab it I recommend ANACS. Has nice eye appeal. John1  |
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United States
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The reverse to my eye reveals strong evidence of a prior cleaning. I agree with likely AU-Details Cleaned. Concur the toning is attractive - I can't tell if it is natural. Submission costs to any TPG would be more than the value of this coin. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree with AU details - cleaned. It appears to have secondary album toning. I imagine this would be a stunner without that unfortunate cleaning.
Edited by Darth Morgan
07/20/2019 08:39 am
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm not even sure it would make AU.
I'm leaning towards XF.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Agree, the wear is evident. Not worth submitting.
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Pillar of the Community
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AU Details Cleaned, and ANACS
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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I agree with others...the coin appears to have been improperly cleaned at some point and the toning is not original.
I would not recommend spending the money to have the coin graded.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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XF details, harshly cleaned and retoned. Not worth submitting, hope you didn't pay much for it.
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New Member
United States
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I picked up one of these 1893 Columbian Expedition awhile back at the LCS in a bin of junk WLHs It had nice tone colors to it, so I added it to the rest of the stack of WLHs I bought for $5.51 each. Got home and looked at it closer and did my best to give it a grade of XF. I put it in a sleeve,agree with others here, probably not worth getting it TPGed.
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Valued Member
United States
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Well, no real surprise I guess but coin arrived today and the feedback here was spot on. Cleaned for sure. Would have liked it for $5-7 maybe, but not so much for the $23 I paid.
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New Member
United States
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We all pay extra on ebay compared to buying in person, just how it goes on ebay. I felt I was lucky to get mine at the price I paid. LCS could have easily charged me twice what I paid and I would have gladly paid it because it looked in decent shape for how old it was. Honestly, I had no idea what the mintage was,plus it had a very nice tone to it and I've always liked old coins with nice natural toning. |
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I'd half to go against the consensus on being cleaned. I will agree on the EF borderine AU. For some odd reason these seem to turn up similarly toned from album storage. I would have bought it for that.
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Posted 07/20/2019 03:23 am
