PCGS restoration or not on this coin?
Opie_IN
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After much reading this week, I am taking the advice given to me here on the forum and only collecting graded coins for a few years until I learn more. This will be the first coin I send off for grading. It is pretty dark around the edges, but I don't know if its dirt or just toning. Should I have this one evaluated for restoration? What is your best guess on grade before I send it in?
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XF 45, leave the coin alone…it is very nice as is….not a candidate for restoration…
1, The coin is natural looking and collectors will want it just as it is…
2, Restoration is meant for coins with “Issues “ Like splotchy toning, residue on the surfaces etc..
3, Restoration is appropriate when the coin is of high value, not worthy in this case
Leave it alone. It is supposed to look like that.
It's fine as there's nothing to restore on this.
What they ^ said!
Don't dink with it, or let anyone else dink with it. If you want to slab it, fine, but it's worthy in or out of plastic. If you do send it in, I don't think it get's a 45, but I'd be pretty confident it gets a straight grade.
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Leave it alone, or simply make a great big pile of twenty-dollar bills and light them in front of you. It's much more fun to burn the twenties and watch them in person than it is to ship off a coin and ruin it when it has no business being played with in the first place. As an added benefit of burning the twenties, you will still have the coin without it being boinked! Either way, you will be out the same amount of money.
It's your call.
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Thanks! I'll put it in a plastic case and be done with it!
Shows how inexperienced I am. I thought since the shaft ridges were shown in the aroowheads and the talons had lines it would be higher than XF45. I have a lot to learn!
Your starting where the rest of us started, exactly where you are. Welcome to the forums 😉
Great looking coin. Can you explain what you're hoping to accomplish with restoration?
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That coin is fine 'as is'.... You can have it graded/slabbed... Or self slab and save the money. Looks like an XF40 to me. Cheers, RickO
I will happily find a dipped white one and trade it to you for yours!
You would need more luster to get an AU grade. That said, pictures can be deceiving and it could AU50.
That's a nice original looking half. Looks xf40. Definitely leave as is.