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Is this PCGS VF-20 1799 $1 on eBay Cleaned/Authentic?
CappedBustDimes
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CappedBustDimes
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(Seriously, though- you bring up an interesting point- that thing looks like it was cleaned to hellenback... with baking soda!)
Edit: on second look, I still say cleaned, but perhaps not so harshly.
The planchet flaw is interesting.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
<< <i>Yeah...the cert# comes back to a 1989 $5 in MS-69... >>
wrong
<< <i>No, it's a Chinese fake... in a PCGS slab.
(Seriously, though- you bring up an interesting point- that thing looks like it was cleaned to hellenback... with baking soda!)
Edit: on second look, I still say cleaned, but perhaps not so harshly.
The planchet flaw is interesting. >>
wow. i thought is was in bad form to clean coins because it could reduce the coin's value.
i also thought that i heard from someone or read something that said pcgs was the highest regarded and most respected grading/authentication service that applied the strictest practice of grading standards.
if this coin is really harshly cleaned why is it in a pcgs holder. maybe this ebay vendor should return it to pcgs for a re-do on the mulligan grading tier. i also read that pcgs has a cash back guarantee for the sight unseen trades. would the buy back be applicable in this situation if i purchase this cleaned PCGS VF-20 1799 $1 on eBay. or does ebay void any implied warranty.
in a really bad light. the pic may be showing off every little
defect possible...
sorta like when you take a pic of a P01 coin. Those are also
hairlined to heck and back and only the honest folks show it
like it looks in the worst case scenario. other folks tilt it just a wee
bit and poof, there go the problems.
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