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First off,  from all of us, this is an awesome place to learn much about coins, and lots of other things! To your 1870 quarter, it might not be a bad idea to make your images much larger because it looks like your pics of the coin are too far away to see nice and close so we can better help get your questions answered properly. But based on your actual photos to my eyes, I can't really determine if yours is cleaned or has bright luster from all the detail I see. Your closeups do help a little but we can see what others think here... Edited by mrwhatisit
11/29/2021 9:25 pm
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Please crop your images and show full pics of both sides of this coin, straight-on.
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We'll need some better pictures but I can tell you already that it will likely be a details coin. It looks harshly and improperly cleaned. -CH27 Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
Edited by CoinHunter27
11/29/2021 9:48 pm
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100% been messed with. Given the amount of wear and heavy contact marks, in combination with the unnatural reflective surfaces, this one looks to have been fairly heavily polished. |
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Please just show us straight-on pics of both sides for a fair evaluation.
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Pillar of the Community
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Heavily polished coin
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That last picture of the eagle has enough evident that its been mess with, the value and history has been diminish quite a bit.
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I had to subscribe to this thread just to hopefully see some better full on pictures. Always a thrill to "Find" coins regardless of the condition and this looks like nice strong details even if it has been cleaned and or polished.
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Alas, that heavy tampering turned a $1000 coin into a $200 coin.
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to the forum! I'll bet that was a nice adrenaline rush..  |
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  Hope these help! |
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Now based on these new photos, your coin definitely has that polished look done sometime after being minted, possibly whizzed, even though it has much detail still remaining.
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Xf details, harshly cleaned.
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sorry about the coin but its been harshly cleaned and the value has been greatly depreciated  |
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Posted 11/29/2021 9:26 pm
