If you own a doctored coin, show us a picture

relayer · March 30, 2006 1:17PM

And when/how did you find out it had been doctored?

BAJJERFAN · March 30, 2006 1:25PM

Kind of obvious AT. It does look pretty odd for NT. Others thought it was AT when I posted it here. Its holdered at NGC63.

TommyType · March 30, 2006 1:28PM

Whether whizzing is "Doctoring" is probably open to debate....but I'll admit my sin.

I knew it was "cleaned" when I bought it, (Bad Tom....Bad!!), but it had such a nice MS look to it, I figured it would net to AU-50 making the purchase price quite acceptable. Sent it to ANACS, and got the bad news: AU details, whizzed, net XF.

Learning mistake, I guess. I now know what to look for when it comes to whizzing!

Bochiman · March 30, 2006 1:29PM

<< <i>Whether whizzing is "Doctoring" is probably open to debate....but I'll admit my sin.

I knew it was "cleaned" when I bought it, (Bad Tom....Bad!!), but it had such a nice MS look to it, I figured it would net to AU-50 making the purchase price quite acceptable. Sent it to ANACS, and got the bad news: AU details, whizzed, net XF.

Learning mistake, I guess. I now know what to look for when it comes to whizzing! >>

What range did you pay for it though? MS value? AU value? Depending on what you paid, and aside from the whizzing look, it looks like a nice example (ie...dansco 7070) otherwise!

TommyType · March 30, 2006 1:33PM

<< <i>What range did you pay for it though? MS value? AU value? Depending on what you paid, and aside from the whizzing look, it looks like a nice example (ie...dansco 7070) otherwise! >>

Agree it's quite attractive, which is the fatal allure of the "properly" whizzed coin. They LOOK nice....they just AREN'T nice.

Don't remember EXACTLY now, but think I paid low AU-50 for it. Would definitely take a loss if sold. Lessons learned!

Bochiman · March 30, 2006 1:35PM

Ouch.....XF wouldn't have been too bad, but for AU..........

KoinDawg · March 30, 2006 1:39PM

Cleaned Coin --- knew it when I bought it because the guy sold it pretty cheap for Type Coin. Looks nice in my DANSCO.

joeyuk · March 30, 2006 9:02PM

I sent a group of Morgans to Messydesk(VAMSLABBED) to have attributed by VAM #.
Included was this 1879-CC purchased raw at a local shop years agoand given to me
recently. John felt it was a added mint mark so he sent it with others to Mr. Van Allen
and he agreed. On the plus side I think six of my Morgans became discovery pieces.

Frankcoins · March 30, 2006 9:48PM

Bought this on ebay for $25 already slabbed by ANACS as Net MS60 Recolored.

I have seen similarly toned Lincolns in open-face Whitman folders that I know have
not been recolored.

Steve27 · March 30, 2006 9:52PM

I don't think of it as "doctored;" to me it's a work of art:

jmj3esq · March 30, 2006 10:23PM

That constitution commem is nice! I have a few modern commems that I would like to do that to.

DorkGirl · March 30, 2006 10:39PM

I bought it years ago from the "Peace Gate" doctor on eBay just to see what it looked like. He is getting better.......

relayer · March 31, 2006 4:38AM

Myqqy · March 31, 2006 5:16AM

I bought it years ago from the "Peace Gate" doctor on eBay just to see what it looked like. He is getting better.......

That's a tonecoin2003 coin?

50cents · March 31, 2006 5:40AM

My 46-P doubled die was BB for altered surfaces.

DorkGirl · April 1, 2006 11:04AM

<< <i> I bought it years ago from the "Peace Gate" doctor on eBay just to see what it looked like. He is getting better.......

That's a tonecoin2003 coin? >>

Yes, one of his early examples.

morgannut2 · April 1, 2006 11:43AM

What obvious things are you seeing Dorkgirl that show it's AT? Sure, the guy is a Slimebay-cooked-artiste and probably he messed with it, but why couldn't he have just left it in a window, envelope, or some other thing hard to tell? He new creations don't look AT like that one--