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1869 2 cent piece opinions obverse photo only

busco69busco69 Posts: 815 ✭✭
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Got this in a lot on ebay would like some opinions on grade reverse is about the same condition as obverse. Thanks [URL=http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/busco69/DSCF0008.jpg]image[/URL]
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    OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,570 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
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    jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 10,001 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like a cleaned Xf/au coin
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    MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,772 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree with jdimmick.
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 36,016 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a cleaned EF-AU coin that is worth only fraction of the BU price, the AU or the EF price. Don't bother with this one. The person who cleaned it turned it into junk.
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    busco69busco69 Posts: 815 ✭✭
    I got it in a lot of 14 2cent coins and have about 20.00 in it. Under magnification there are no hairlines or scratches of any kind it has super clean fields.
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 36,016 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I got it in a lot of 14 2cent coins and have about 20.00 in it. Under magnification there are no hairlines or scratches of any kind it has super clean fields. >>



    It doesn't matter. The coin's original brown surfaces have stripped, and it is now a piece of cleaned copper. Cleaned copper is worse than cleaned silver and even cleaned gold. It's basically ruined forever. A pro can re-tone it, but chances are any experienced collector or dealer will be able to spot that the coin has been stripped.

    Sorry, but that's the way it works with copper coins.
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    busco69busco69 Posts: 815 ✭✭
    Thanks Bill I respect your opinion.I think I will keep this one in the collection for now as I don't currently have a better example.
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I got it in a lot of 14 2cent coins and have about 20.00 in it. >>



    In any condition, 14 Two Centers for $20 is a rip.

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