1873 Newfoundland 20 Cent.heart Is Breaking Over This One!

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Silver101 Pillar of the Community Canada 1081 Posts	Posted 04/03/2021 09:39 am Look at this - the 1873 is a relatively tough one and this would have been a nice one. But, ye gods, someone's gone at it with a brillo pad..... someone needs to just melt it. Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34408 Posts	Posted 04/03/2021 09:45 am Yes a real pity. At least in the States, whizzing of coins to "improve" them seems to have been quite popular in the 1950s and 1960s. "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 Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 04/03/2021 09:58 am That's a shame for sure. Report this Post to the Staff
fortcollins Pillar of the Community United States 3644 Posts	Posted 04/03/2021 11:01 am Ouch! That would have been a nice one. Like @Spence said, the "coin improving" era left a lot of wreckage. I remember hearing people instruct new collectors to use a pencil eraser to clean copper coins and advising use of baking soda to clean silver coins. That poor Twenty Cent suffered a harsh fate. Some of its wounds are pretty deep. Report this Post to the Staff
Silver101 Pillar of the Community Canada 1081 Posts	Posted 04/03/2021 1:13 pm There's some nice detail there - it would easily make VF-30, maybe higher. the braid is in decent shape, the eye, some of the detail is there in the hair and the rims are stellar. But then there's this scorched earth across all of the surfaces... it would be interesting to have a look at that surface under some serious magnification and figure out how deep the scars go. There might even be residue of the cleaning material.... Report this Post to the Staff
silviosi Pillar of the Community Canada 6244 Posts	Posted 04/04/2021 12:03 am Still be a nice coin. some defaults also. A close look at the last "N" from Foundland. I question why the lines are all parallels and go between the letters without touching them? Could be a bad polish hammer and anvil die? Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9864 Posts	Posted 04/04/2021 12:28 am Some of the letters are affected by the lines so it is not a matter of die polishing. It appears as though most of the wear on the coin occurred after the damage, there are light to no lines through the worn areas. Whatever happened to this coin likely happened a very long time ago, when the coin was still worth only 20cents and no one conceived it could one day be collectible. Quote: someone needs to just melt it. I'd pay more than double melt for every coin like this.. It's still a scarce coin in a technically high grade, probbly worth about a hundred bucks. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Edited by DBM 04/04/2021 12:28 am Report this Post to the Staff
silviosi Pillar of the Community Canada 6244 Posts	Posted 04/06/2021 7:40 pm @DBM let go joint association. I pay half and you half to buy those melting coins. Report this Post to the Staff
TheDeductible Pillar of the Community Canada 851 Posts	Posted 04/07/2021 12:46 pm It hurts my eyes to look at! Report this Post to the Staff
silviosi Pillar of the Community Canada 6244 Posts	Posted 04/07/2021 1:57 pm @TheDeductible. You tell me this? I payed 200 US for a broke dish. I was to an estate auction and was a box with broke glass and porcelain. My wife was mad to pay 200 bucks for. Inside at first view I recognized a broke dish see only in the books. Nader Person Museum in London do not has. When restriction go out, I will brink to Ottawa for restoration, but my heart still be broke to see those fragments. This it is our reality. Report this Post to the Staff
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