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David: What would you do?
RGL
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I, and I believe other Forum members, would be interested in your response to this numismatic quandry:
You have a 13/0 PR-68. This is a killer, stunning toner. The reverse shows no-doubt, paper-white DCAM devices and lettering and killer, clear mirrors surrounded by beautiful golden-orange toning on the peripheries. The obverse also appears to be an unquestioned DCAM, although it is obscured by full-coin gentle rainbow toning that leaves it without the requisite contrast for a DCAM. The DCAM pop for this coin is six in all grades -- five in PR-67 and one in PR-66..
Do you leave a beautiful, original coin alone and hope the specialists also recognize it as a DCAM when time comes to sell?
Or, do you have the coin professional conserved to remove the toning in the belief you could land a PR-67 DCAM (6/0) or PR-68 DCAM (1/0)?
You have a 13/0 PR-68. This is a killer, stunning toner. The reverse shows no-doubt, paper-white DCAM devices and lettering and killer, clear mirrors surrounded by beautiful golden-orange toning on the peripheries. The obverse also appears to be an unquestioned DCAM, although it is obscured by full-coin gentle rainbow toning that leaves it without the requisite contrast for a DCAM. The DCAM pop for this coin is six in all grades -- five in PR-67 and one in PR-66..
Do you leave a beautiful, original coin alone and hope the specialists also recognize it as a DCAM when time comes to sell?
Or, do you have the coin professional conserved to remove the toning in the belief you could land a PR-67 DCAM (6/0) or PR-68 DCAM (1/0)?
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1. The non-financial answer...I believe you should do whatever appeals the most to you.
2. The financial answer...I believe that killer toning coins are worth more, so I think you're probably better off leaving the coin the way it is.
David