1955 Doubled Die Rescued by NCS (with pics)

VTCoins

Some of you may remember this coin from a previous post.

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A few of you thought it was counterfeit. For some reason the old pics did not show up, but now they are.

Before pics:




After NCS:

Weiss

Wow. May not be perfect but it's saved for posterity. We're only caretakers of our collections, after all.

123cents

Boy, They really did a great job.

Blade

Did NGC grade it or is there too much damage from that gunk?

VTCoins

Boy, They really did a great job.

They sure did! I knew the waxy stuff would come off, but the verdigris underneath the date came out fantastic!

seanq

I had no idea from your original pics that the coin was so worn under all that crud. Frankly, I would have boiled off the wax and left the verdigris with the original color, that coin now looks too dark for my tastes.


Sean Reynolds

VTCoins

Did NGC grade it or is there too much damage from that gunk?

NCS gave it AU details/Improperly cleaned. The coin actually doesn't look cleaned, but it is a little bright beneath the date where they did some work.

I had no idea from your original pics that the coin was so worn under all that crud. Frankly, I would have boiled off the wax and left the verdigris with the original color, that coin now looks too dark for my tastes.

To each his own. I was extremely happy with the results. I like the coin in hand, and the new pics may be a little darker then they should be.

TavernTreasures

Appears to have gone from an original coin with removable wax and some verdrigris--to a cleaned and recolored coin. Once a coin is cleaned by a collector or NCS-it is forever cleaned. (PS-coin was really starting to look good in the last photo before the recoloring)

Peaceman

Where's the mark above the "U" in TRUST on the original coin.......

Craton

<< <i>I had no idea from your original pics that the coin was so worn under all that crud. Frankly, I would have boiled off the wax and left the verdigris with the original color, that coin now looks too dark for my tastes.


Sean Reynolds >>



I agree. Some hot H2O and then an acetone bath and it would have looked much nicer. To me it now looks like a re-toned job and a bad one at that. I'd still own the coin mind you

Craton

<< <i> Where's the mark above the "U" in TRUST on the original coin....... >>



lint..........

tsacch

I agree, I liked it better before and would have done boiling water, acetone or some other means than NCS.....nasty recolor IMHO. Nice coin....one I dont have for sure.