will this coin cross??

johnk

1884CC

do you thing this coin will cross?

kyleknap

Link

The image looks to be altered (cheek).

Kyle

K6AZ

This seller touches up their images. I have followed this seller since they sold nothing but ACG garbage. Don't walk, but run away from this seller.

Just remember there is no Santa Claus in numismatics, and you don't get something for nothing. If you want a MS65 84-CC, pay the $325 or so an accurately graded 65 will cost.

XpipedreamR

It looks like a number of touch-up spots on the obverse, as well as the reverse. What a lame POS seller!

K6AZ

MFH

How unethical can this seller get. Touching up photographs, is not exactly "cricket".

The 84-CC in PCI 65 looks all of a "66", but disappointment looms in your future, I'm afraid.

Shamika

K6AZ,

Don't forget the chin! Clearly been touched up.

baccaruda

Yep, those images have been "rubbed".

baccaruda

I wouldn't worry too much about it though - they're a POWER SELLER. They're required to uphold the highest ethical standards in the land.

K6AZ

<< <i>K6AZ,

Don't forget the chin! Clearly been touched up. >>



I was just pointing out the two most obvious areas. In all, I think I found seven areas this photo was touched up in.

baccaruda

I would definitely tell the seller to just go ahead and keep it.

GAT

How many times do people have to be told that a PCI gold slab is dangerous to your wallet? RUN don't walk.

tjkillian

After consulting with my computer graphics compression consultant, he says that those squares could easily be the compression at work and is not conclusive to being touched up. He, of course, cannot say that it was not touched up, but he says that he's not sure that it WAS touched up either.

Let us know when you get the coin, be sure to save the original picture from the auction.

Tom

BillJones

There are a lot of overgraded CC dollars in slabs these days. These coins have way too many marks on the cheek to grade MS-65 IMO. So anything is possible.

However, I agree with the others. This picture has been doctored to hide something, and I don't that it is a mark-free cheek!

baccaruda

Definitely touched up. I created Cameo Icons with a Morgan Dollar and it looked exactly the same - I "rubbed" out flaws on the cheek and neck. The squares don't mean anything.

K6AZ

Tom, I have considerable graphics experience, along with about four years experience following this eBay sleaze. That image has been touched up, there is no doubt about it.

Shamika

You can almost see the little finger (smear tool) rubbing Miss Liberty's cheak.