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BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited November 29, 2019 6:38PM in U.S. Coin Forum
To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JimTyler said:
    You could make it mine 😁

    I couldn't buy you a Xmas present that would need to be acetoned and reholderd to remedy ;)

    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • PocketArtPocketArt Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How can you tell from those s*** photos?

  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Shame this could be my stocking stuffer if it wasn't puttied :'(

    Why didn't the TPG pick up on that?

  • MarkMark Posts: 3,571 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Tibor PCGS probably missed this because it takes a while for putty to rear its ugly head.

    That said, I SURE wish I was a numismatic authority just like Karl D. Hirtzinger. Maybe someday ...

    Mark


  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭

    PCGS has taken care of puttied coins in the past. There are some good posts on this here in the past.

  • U1chicagoU1chicago Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 29, 2019 9:31PM

    @Mark said:
    @Tibor PCGS probably missed this because it takes a while for putty to rear its ugly head.

    That said, I SURE wish I was a numismatic authority just like Karl D. Hirtzinger. Maybe someday ...

    I thought so too :D , until I learned that Mr. Karl was involved with Tom Noe (and maybe not even a real person). :s

    https://www.toledoblade.com/State/2005/04/22/Ex-coin-fund-associate-has-felony-record.html

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coingate_scandal

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Tibor said:

    Why didn't the TPG pick up on that?

    It's not visible until it turns later.

    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • cheezhedcheezhed Posts: 5,986 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What kind of putty?

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,797 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @cheezhed said:
    What kind of putty?

    I've never puttied a coin but I've read that Bondo or similar car body repair putty is dissolved in alcohol or some other solvent and then painted onto the coin surface to hide hairline scratches and light wear. The putty is essentially invisible until a few months later when it turns to a milky chalky haze on the surface of the coin.

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  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 30, 2019 5:56AM

    I wished there is a "before and after" pictures of this very coin ....... after deep cleaning

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Paradisefound said:
    I wished there is a "before and after" pictures of this very coin ....... after deep cleaning

    Putty doesn't hinder gold in anyway as it's inert it's just hides marks to make the coin seem of higher grade.

    Once removed many end up in the same grade holder again as it really didn't hide much of anything.

    With a coin like this it's just a shame as the roughly 25 year OGH is lost.

    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Such a shame.... The haze manifestation is fairly obvious even in those pictures....I would like to see it once cleaned..but not worth the investment to satisfy curiosity. Cheers, RickO

  • ShadyDaveShadyDave Posts: 2,217 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Would a UV light spotlight the putty?

  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,683 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Coin Doctors suck.

    Dave

    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Mark , @U1chicago , @Broadstruck Thank you for
    educating me.

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  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No sticker for you.

    m

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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,099 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is the first CAK coin I've seen - Certificate of Authenticity by Karl

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  • logger7logger7 Posts: 8,993 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've never had a puttied PCGS certified gold coin that doesn't dip out nicely and grade at the same or higher level. A guarantee submission could take months to come back.

  • cheezhedcheezhed Posts: 5,986 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm trying to understand the putty. Wouldn't there be a huge luster break in the puttied areas?

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