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Grading Blast White 18th and Early 19th Century Silver Coins

CalGoldCalGold Posts: 2,608 ✭✭
Mr. Hall,

When grading an 18th century or early 19th century MS silver coin that has superb luster but is blast white, will the coin be penalized for lack of originality?

CG

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  • homerunhallhomerunhall Posts: 2,496 ✭✭✭

    It's really hard to say without looking at the coin. I do believe their are some blast white 19th century coins that have been not been dipped. I also believe that there are some that have been so lightly dipped it's hard to tell they have been dipped. When the luster is wash-out to any degree, that's when the deductions occur, depending upon the severity of the luster loss.

    Thanks,

    David

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