| Author |
 Replies: 15 / Views: 838 |
|
|
New Member
United States
8 Posts |
|
|
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1748 Posts |
 From these pics the coin appears to have been cleaned at some point. Notice the hairlines in the fields crossing over onto the devices. More noticeable on the obverse than the reverse. I would call this AU details cleaned.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
57167 Posts |
To CCF!  .
Errers and Varietys.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1770 Posts |
I have it at AU55. I don't want to call it cleaned, yet. I think it might stand a good chance of grading. Perhaps with better pics the surfaces can be judged better.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
5995 Posts |
Obverse field (our viewing right side) shows what I believe to be the results of a cleaning. Have to agree with MisterT.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
 United States
17416 Posts |
I'm thinking AU58 but possibly low-MS. The light is masking masking what's going on in the obverse fields - could you take another pic with lower light and perhaps diffuse it more?
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
5153 Posts |
|
|
Valued Member
United States
313 Posts |
AU Genuine seems legitimate ... I sure do like holding coins in my hand and manipulating the light conditions. I always feel handicapped by pics only.
|
|
Moderator
United States
160660 Posts |
to the Community!
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3647 Posts |
Looks like a beautiful AU-55! I don't see any kind of cleaning. The dramatic lines are the result of single lamp lighting. They are common circulation hairlines. Shot AU-58.
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. |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3647 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. |
|
Bedrock of the Community
 United States
17468 Posts |
The glare obscures the surfaces to determine originality.
AU55 possibly cleaned. do not use any type of overhead lighting
|
|
New Member
 United States
8 Posts |
Thank you everyone for the kind and helpful responses. This is my first post here on the forum. Here is another set of pics this time taken with natural light, hopefully less glare than before.   |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1054 Posts |
I'm going AU-58. Does not appear to have been cleaned.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
17468 Posts |
good job on the new photos. use this setup going forward if you have other posts. just as I suspected that the glare was not telling the coins story
AU58 for me.
|
|
Valued Member
United States
181 Posts |
My estimate is AU55 with no evidence of cleaning under close examination after I upscaled the resolution of your photos 
|
| |
Replies: 15 / Views: 838 |
|
Posted 03/26/2025 8:00 pm
