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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Purchased this coin along with 8 other coins today from a local man who owned a coin shop about 25-30 years ago. I haven't handled many modern halves this nice, let alone one almost 200 years old. Sadly I shipped out 29 coins yesterday to PCGS, or everything I bought today would be in registered mail on it's way to California today... I am adding 2 photos obverse and reverse to demonstrate the insane luster on this coin, strike isn't the best I've ever seen but sheesh, I was almost scared to photograph this one.     |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Petty impressive - I'll say at least AU-58.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1361 Posts |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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worth grading for sure. this is a toughie for me. definitely weakness in strike is playing a role here. this one could come back as AU58 or low MS as the strike may hold it down. I'm leaning AU58. its not BU imo as noted on the holder. this one will be interesting to see how it comes back
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5674 Posts |
The luster is pretty impressive. I'd go with MS-63.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1361 Posts |
Cleaned? You referring to the die scratches? I assure you, there are no hairlines.  Edited by KYCopperCoins
08/26/2020 9:54 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36800 Posts |
The luster is going in different directions, not an original chartwheel look. Too bright with no tone in the protected areas.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1361 Posts |
Someone want to explain why this one came back AU details damage?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5191 Posts |
Maybe stop sending your coins to PCGS and try NGS (or ANACS) instead.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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NGS (or ANACS) instead NGC is okay but no, not ANACS, not for anything with value. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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NGC is okay but no, not ANACS, not for anything with value. Ok. But I get the impression that the OP is very unhappy with PCGS lately. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1959 Posts |
I can see it coming back as cleaned, but damaged?! I wish there would be an explanation as to where the "damage" is. I don't get it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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the only thing I can think of is that they considered the cleaning/polishing severe enough to assign the designation or that there was something added when they cleaned it that damaged the surfaces permanently  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 . The coin was most likely severely cleaned/polished multiple times over the years which damaged the surface. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
You're getting creamed lately, bummer.
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Posted 08/21/2020 07:45 am
