Ebay help!

historygeek · December 31, 2003 5:15AM

Is this BU?

Aethelred · December 31, 2003 5:19AM

Can't really tell much from that scan, looks AU at worst, but it seems to have a funny color. I suspect cleaning.

wybrit · December 31, 2003 5:20AM

Not IMO.

Lloyd · December 31, 2003 5:23AM

HIC!!

Very seriously looks like a bad dipping job....... the engrained 6 O'Clock "stain" may have been the original target and then the whole coin had to be sacrificed.... I've seen tests on british bronzes where varying degrees of lustre are exposed by a million different solutions... Bad coin. No depth to the lustre.

EDIT: did I call that "lustre"? (Hic!)

L

wybrit · December 31, 2003 5:25AM

Lloyd, you're never gonna make it to the new year if you're already doing the "Hic" thing at 9:24 pm your time.

Lloyd · December 31, 2003 5:30AM

Almost sobered up then - I thought the historygeek had set a trap and used one of my ebay coins - and I didn't recognize it during the slag off.

(Hic!!)

wybrit · December 31, 2003 5:37AM

I'm just glad you're not driving. Stay alive some more in two-thousand-four!

historygeek · December 31, 2003 5:38AM

STOP!!! No hijacking!

Could the strange colour be due to the lighting? The white paper is yellowish too.

wybrit · December 31, 2003 6:01AM

Sorry, didn't want Lloyd to throw up in your thread!

Avoid that coin if it is advertised BU.

ajaan · December 31, 2003 6:03AM

I kinda like the coin. The major problem I see is someone held it between thumb and finger after eating potato chips.

Aethelred · December 31, 2003 6:05AM

A big part of the problem could be the camera settings rather than the coin, but I still think it looks funny.

ajaan · December 31, 2003 6:08AM

Want to see something that looks funny Aethelbore? Look in the mirror.

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