Can this bust be saved?

OKbustchaser

A mistake has been made with this half I am considering. It appears--at least to me--that a dip went horribly wrong. I was wondering if there is any way to remove the residue now. If so, a few years in an old Kraft envelope would take care of the shinyness and (I think from past experience) result in a nice AU coin.



Jim

coinfreak499

I'd stay away from that coin. Although it is already unappealing IMO, a dip would make it worse. It already has that over dipped look to it.

TomB

I've sent a few bad-dip coins to NCS and they were currated apparently well and for little money.

coinbuf

What is a "Kraft" envelope?

Chris

mozin

Since this coin is not at all rare I would definitely pass on it. Even if it could be dipped clean it still would not be worth very much.

Coinbuf,
A kraft envelope is simply a paper single coin envelope; the more sulphur in the paper the better. Actually, there are lots of 8X11s that have plenty of sulphur for long term toning of coins, the little envelopes are simply neater to use.

MICHAELDIXON

I would stay away from this coin. To me, the lines in front of the bust look like pencil eraser rubbing lines. If so, they will never retone.

prooflike

She doesn't look very happy

BillJones

It looks like the luster is totally shot on this coin. There is no helping it unless one were to carry around as a pocket peice for a while and wear it down to EF. Still if the marks in front of Ms. Liberty's face are from a pencil erasure, those would be there until the coin was worn down to VF.

I don't think that NCS can help this piece. They don't retone coins, and no amount of dip will fix this. I agree with the others. Find another coin for your colleciton. This one has been abused too much.

indianabyron

Please id take that coin in a second with all the ulgy attached to her. Just the history alone is what im after I can set aside the ulgy that comes with her.. There comes a point where you have to say ok this coin isnt gong to be worth a million bucks but so what its a nice coin even if its been abused. You just need to remember that all coins at one point look something like this till they were worn down. Its not always going to be about what you can turn it for down the road which seam like its becoming more and more about.

Byron

GOLDSAINT

Jim,
If you already own this, or are going to buy it, send it to Allen Stockton

http://www.crs-stockton.com/index.html

Bootleg

<< <i>I would stay away from this coin. To me, the lines in front of the bust look like pencil eraser rubbing lines. If so, they will never retone. >>




now what the heck isrubbing?
sombody really uses a eraser to try improving the look on a coin?......

Rampage

<< <i>Now what the heck is rubbing? Sombody really uses a eraser to try improving the look on a coin?...... >>



Yes.

rlawsha

Old timers used to use "nose grease" to rub a coin. They would rub their fingers on the outside of their nose and then take their fingers and rub out a bad spot on a coin. For a while the coin looks good but eventually a dark spot develops on the coin where it has been rubbed.