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Pillar of the Community
United States
1791 Posts |
What do you think the grade is? Pics are from the auction.   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1502 Posts |
I'm at XF Details - Cleaned, An appealing coin nonetheless.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
High VF details (cleaned).
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1791 Posts |
Thank you. Sellers listed just about everything as EF but I noticed at least a grade difference between 2 Capped Bust halves so I wanted to check here with a coin I'm interested in.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
The single lamp lighting is going to accentuate the circulation hairlines, so I think this would straight grade. Color looks very natural which confirms.
Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Obviously cleaned, be wary.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
25034 Posts |
Not sure it would straight grade with that corrosion at K1 on the reverse.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1791 Posts |
In these auctions I watch, people don't seem to be worried if something will straight grade or not. For instance, there's a 1858 Flying Eagle (very brassy looking so definitely cleaned) that even I can tell is no where near the EF the seller is calling it. Yet the bid on the coin is over $60.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10492 Posts |
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Yet the bid on the coin is over $60. Auctions are almost impossible to get a feel for how they will actually end up. There is such thing as alot of uniformed buyers who think they are getting a deal just because it is in an auction setting. Takes experience - and never get discouraged you weren't the highest bidder! Sometimes you will thank that you lost the coin to a higher bidder. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1502 Posts |
Leftover dirt/grime in LIBERTY highly suggests a past cleaning.
I swing a metal detector and have a knack for finding dirty old coins. Dirt coin restoration projects - https://www.prodetecting.com/restorationsDirt coin restoration blog - https://www.prodetecting.com/blog/ccawDirt coin dig videos - https://www.youtube.com/@prodetecting |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say VF details, cleaned. I had a feeling it was cleaned. The color doesn't look right.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1653 Posts |
VF, cleaned, and if that's corrosion between the S and O on the reverse, not in collectible condition.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1094 Posts |
Corrosion doesn't look great and I'm not convinced the color is right. Could be lighting. I would pass.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7008 Posts |
Hard pass...environmental/surface damage (reverse) heavy cleaning (obverse)
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Posted 11/12/2024 6:20 pm
