1846 and 1860 Liberty Seated Dollar Grades
hbarbee
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In addition to the other thread I just started, I would appreciate any inputs on these pieces.
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Details cleaned
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I was curious to see your dollars - the 1860 is tough - and opened the photos expectantly.
Regrettably both coins are far too bright and exhibit signs of cleaning.
I join gumby1234 above.
I suspected as much. These are not mine. I am helping a friend evaluate his collection.
That be the case, how do you estimate the value of pieces of this era as a percentage of the same grade if there had been no cleaning??
The 60-O is bad but that poor 1846 has been scrubbed so harshly.
Just a guess on my part, around $800-$900 for the 60-O and maybe $300 for 1846 if somebody just really wanted one of that date. I may even be on the generous side with my figures.
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Unfortunately, this is very common for Seated Dollars. These two coins are harshly cleaned. May be a tough sell for your friend.
Good luck to your friend.
The value of details coins is hard to determine. It's less a problem to sell coins like that in series that are frequently details graded.
The only way to determine the value of ANY coin is to sell it. Price guides are just guides. Any individual coin may sell above or below.
If you are doing an insurance evaluation, you can use 50 to 75% of guide on a wholesome piece. If you want a closer estimate, use auction results. You'll find plenty of detail coin sales for that series.
Someone scrubbed those down pretty good.
You’d have to find the right buyer, so giving a value estimate would be very tricky.
The 1860 is the nicer of the two.
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Truly a shame for such beautiful pieces. This happened so often. Looks like comet was used on both.
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Go to the PCGS auction prices realized. As jmlanzaf said, there are many coins in this series that sold at auction in details grade. Compare these coins to the coins from auctions to get a good idea of the prices they will bring.
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I think the 1860 may be an uncirculated, details coin; it still has a lot of remaining mint frost; the 1846 I think is an Au details, harshly cleaned, unfortunately.