1802 NGC-65 Draped Bust $

rmoss

Your thoughts on this. I know nothing about this series.


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michael

nice

but dipped with slight ever so slight high point rub and hairlines

au-65 to me

mrearlygold

Looks good although scans do not tell the whole story.

ER

A 200+ year-old coin, bright white shiny.

Gemini

A superb strike and everything you could ask for in an early dollar except the too white look for its age which reminds me of a newly made silver round.

Gemini

I just stuck mine in here which is not a 65 nor struck as well just for comparison for those who do appreciate the natural aging process.

chabot510

i think this coin has been brought up more than once. i am not a good archive searcher though!

MFH

An otherwise great coin that has been stripped of all its character. Look at Gemini's coin, that coin's stunning.

Its one thing having a coin "conserved", its another thing to take the life out of it. Crack that coin out and stick it in a Dansco album for seven years or so.

JMO

KurtHorn

The lines in the left obverse fields are suspicious to me...

Cladiator

I wouldn't buy it but that being said I think it's neat to look at. You're seeing the coin exactly as they appeared as they came off the dies over 200 years ago. Imagine a bagfull of those being transported by carriage from the mint building to a bank in Philly.

topstuf

Maybe the carriage stopped at NCS.

coinguy1

Way too much money, even if it weren't dipped and unoriginal looking.

Artist

I think the longer you owned this coin if you bought it, the less you would like it over time - kind of like going out with a gorgeous girl who doesn't have a lot to say - maybe fun for a couple dates, but pretty soon you start to feel like you're not getting too much out of being in the relationship.

BillJones

So far as I’m concerned the coin is not that gorgeous. The only redeeming feature it has is the wonderful amount of detail enhanced by a strong strike and an absence of wear. So far as the overall eye appeal is concerned, the thing looks like a silver round because it’s been dipped white.

Years ago this coin would have been viewed as a nice item, but not outstanding because of its totally unoriginal look. Today some very wealthy newbie or a dumb investor with more money than numismatic brains will “scoff it up for the future.” The trouble is when it begins to tone a few years from now, the eye appeal problem will be much worse.

ziggy29

<< <i>I wouldn't buy it but that being said I think it's neat to look at. You're seeing the coin exactly as they appeared as they came off the dies over 200 years ago. >>

Except with reduced luster from the stripping and dipping...

Trinketts

When I saw this coin I could almost hear the dunking sound of it going into the dip....

One day dipping 100 and 200 year old coins won't be rewarded *hopes

morgannut2

The seller says "Unbelievable"--so do I. I will never retone to look normal again.

Cladiator

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<< <i>I wouldn't buy it but that being said I think it's neat to look at. You're seeing the coin exactly as they appeared as they came off the dies over 200 years ago. >>

Except with reduced luster from the stripping and dipping... >>

Quite possibly very true.

Baley

I would love to own it, but not for that kind of price.

BlindedByEgo

<< <i>Way too much money, even if it weren't dipped and unoriginal looking. >>



I'm with you. Dipped and stripped. Too much money for a coin with little charachter.