Send it back to get it conserved by PCGS. Usually, putty can be removed with acetone.
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This is an old picture that has been around for a while. It’s in my “problem coins” file which I have used for presentations.
The coin can be restored by removing the putty. It can get a straight grade, but almost certainly lower than the original assigned number. The putty was used to fill in marks and covered with gold paint which breaks down after a while.
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Yes, that is an old pic from a thread here many years back. I just looked up the cert number on PCGS and it looks like it may have been sent back to PCGS and cleaned up and reholdered as a straight grade coin.
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Yes, that is an old pic from a thread here many years back. I just looked up the cert number on PCGS and it looks like it may have been sent back to PCGS and cleaned up and reholdered as a straight grade coin.
It looks like the putty was removed and it got the same grade. If you look up the cert number there is a 2017 Heritage auction link which shows the coin in a newer holder.
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Do you mean the putty?
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Send it back to get it conserved by PCGS. Usually, putty can be removed with acetone.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Agreed, love to see it with the goop gone.
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This is an old picture that has been around for a while. It’s in my “problem coins” file which I have used for presentations.
The coin can be restored by removing the putty. It can get a straight grade, but almost certainly lower than the original assigned number. The putty was used to fill in marks and covered with gold paint which breaks down after a while.
Yes, that is an old pic from a thread here many years back. I just looked up the cert number on PCGS and it looks like it may have been sent back to PCGS and cleaned up and reholdered as a straight grade coin.
Your hobby is supposed to be your therapy, not the reason you need it.
It looks like the putty was removed and it got the same grade. If you look up the cert number there is a 2017 Heritage auction link which shows the coin in a newer holder.
Good God that's bad 👎 😳
She's better looking in her more recent images from Ha.com.
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So it received the same grade - no down grade?
That's a borderline 63 in my opinion
Eagles don't have crane necks. Not sure what ASG was aiming for there.
BLP's eagle is more accurate.
Nice result, but man, you lost the OGH. 😂😂