Grade It

KlectorKid

Here is my latest buy link and im not sure what grade it is.
Sorry bout the lighting this is my second pic.

kieferscoins

AU-50. hard to tell at that angle and with poor lighting.

Cameron Kiefer

jtryka

I'm gonna go solid XF, maybe borderline AU, of course I have an anti-toning bias!

KlectorKid

yeah, im goin to dip it.. when i learn how. I dont mind the gold but the blackish color on the back ain't to pretty. its lighter in person though.

indianabyron

hey k;ectorkid id be careful about dipping that coin . if your dead set on dipping it then get some cheepo coins and go at it with them and learn about how it works and what you need to do . after all you dont want to ruin your coin. if you ruin anything let it be the cheepo coins


Byron

Placid

au 50-58. Looks cleaned to me.

KlectorKid

How can u tell it was cleaned?

Placid

I can't for sure from a picture but at the base of all the stars and the date look black. The insides of zero's and nines and letters like D or O. When cleaning those areas as well as a thin edge along the outline of the figure tell me to look close at the surface for cleaning scratches.

KlectorKid

Maybe, it has been cleaned i got it for next to nothing.

andy007

Buy the book before the coin. I would grasp some aspect of grading before buying coins that you have no clue as to the grade, just my opinion.

KlectorKid

i know how to grade i gave it a EF but i wanted more opionions(spelling)

TomB

I guess andy007 thought you didn't know how to grade it since you write in your first post in this thread

<< <i>im not sure what grade it is >>

that would certainly make me think that you didn't know how to grade it. As for dipping, the coin is so dark already that if you dip it I bet you will end up with a yellowish coin that most folks would spot immediately as having been dipped.