Opinions needed on this 1873-CC trade dollar
rec78
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Hi, what do you think of this 1873-CC trade dollar? I know it may have been cleaned sometime in the past. Do you think it is genuine? Has it been repaired or doctored in any way? Grade? Value? I would like your opinion please. It is in a "National Numismatic Ceritification" holder graded VF-35 (so consider it to be raw). I purchased this coin many years ago.
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The overall color and originality looks good, especially the reverse.
The one odd thing, however, is that the obverse seems to have unusual wear compared to the reverse.
I suspect that maybe the coin was bent (convex obverse, concave reverse) and circulated that way for some time.
Dan summed it up. I like it but I have never seen wear like on the obverse.
Looks authentic... Do not like the terminal tarnish.... As noted above, strange obverse wear, check if the coin has a bit of a bend as @dcarr suggested. Cheers, RickO