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Pillar of the Community
United States
516 Posts |
Is the black spot toning or environmental damage. It didnt look quite as bad to me on the dealer site (they never do!). Curious if I should send this one back..   |
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Valued Member
United States
451 Posts |
VF 25 , Looks like toning to me. Would like to know what others think too.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
952 Posts |
nice looking coin but I wonder if it is damage....tough to tell. The question is, are you happy with it?
xf coin otherwise,imo
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
516 Posts |
I love the color/detail/mint mark of the coin.. But this one wasnt cheap.. So I want to make sure it's REALLY the right one. :)
If the consensus is toning, then I'll keep it. Environmental damage.. I would think I overpaid quite a bit for it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1081 Posts |
I would say environmental damage. I have an 1864L S-3 IHC that I sent to NGC and it came back as details because of a black streak on the obverse. It looks similar to yours. |
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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
I lean towards Environmental Damage, but easy EF details. This is one I suspect to be worth more raw than slabbed; to my eyes, it doesn't deserve the stigma of a "Details" slab. EF40, and there's one rather similar currently being offered on ebay for $185 shipped. I'd call that about $35 overpriced, and yours in the same range. This might be a candidate for acetone, just in case the black stuff is organic. The only "if" is that, if it does remove the black, the underlying surface would probably be a bright patch compared to the surrounding, more-aged surface. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
4849 Posts |
hmm...it sure doesn't look like damage to me. Usually environmental damage affects the surface of the coin(making it porous or rugged), and this one looks unaffected to my eyes. I personally would call it problem free and I'd grade it XF-45 due to remaining luster.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1304 Posts |
VF-40 damage I d0n't know
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Rest in Peace
United States
5375 Posts |
Because of the head detail and lack of wear on the legs, I'd actually go all the way up to Au- for detail. It's a weakly struck coin though, and I don't think it would net to AU or something, but for an 'XF' price its not bad. Is that the actual color?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
759 Posts |
If that's the first place your eye goes whenever you look at it and it bugs you, then consider a return either way. Very nice otherwise, but I've found if I'm not perfectly happy with a coin at first sight, what bugs me then will always bug me. It goes back to mdh157's "are you happy with it?"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
516 Posts |
It's really close to the actual color.. Maybe slightly more brown and less golden on the obverse.. but the reverse is pretty close.
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