Thoughts on this 1831 CB

bigtime36

What would grade? Was thinking of making the purchase.

MFeld

The coin looks like a (low end) AU details, cleaned example to me. If the “CB” in your thread title is for “Capped Bust”, I feel that I should inform you that there’s more than one “CB” series.😉

ricko

I agree with @MFeld ... AU details, cleaned. I would pass on that one.... Cheers, RickO

PeakRarities

Agree with above. Pass

PhilLynott

Looks like a nice pocket piece to me wear it down to a more honest coin over time and have a cool old dated coin to show people.

291fifth

Cleaned ... pass.

tmcmiller

I agree with cleaned; however, the "glare" from the photograph(s) are throwing me off.

lkeigwin

Low AU, certainly. Cleaned, likely. An in-hand view would resolve any question. I'm always suspicious of higher grade raw coins.
Lance.

lilolme

@tmcmiller said:
I agree with cleaned; however, the "glare" from the photograph(s) are throwing me off.

Those are some bright photos. I turned down the exposure and a touch of contrast added.

asheland

Indeed looks cleaned/processed. I’d pass, too.

johnny9434

cleaned, pass

Goldbully

Any other pics available? That coin appears cleaned from those images.

gumby1234

Playing with the photos isn't going to make the coin any better. Still an AU Details coin.

lilolme

@gumby1234 said:
Playing with the photos isn't going to make the coin any better. Still an AU Details coin.

No one said playing with the photos was going to make it better. But tmcmiller said:

"I agree with cleaned; however, the "glare" from the photograph(s) are throwing me off."

So I turned the exposure down to get rid of the 'glare' for them. Nothing more.

ElmerFusterpuck

A hard pass, far too blast white and scrubbed.

Dave99B

Dipped white at a minimum. So many Bust halves are played with. Pass.

Dave

BigMoose

The coin looks whizzed to me.

ThreeCentSilverFL

So many appropriate answers above. Pass.

tmcmiller

lilolme, thank you for taking the exposure down. Now, I can take off my sunglasses!

NickelMike

Not a spot of dirt, grime, or toning. Cleaned for sure.

lkeigwin

I like "original" as much as the next guy. But dipping is not necessarily fatal.

This is not my coin (which is why I removed its cert#).
Lance.

cheezhed

All depends on the price.

BillJones

I don’t have as big a problem with dipped silver as some people. Do I prefer nicely toned original surface coins? Yes, but I won’t reject a dipped coin out of hand.