Altered surfaces on this $5 gold piece?

DoubleEagle59

I'm wondering about this one I purchased recently.

It looks like the surfaces may have been altered because of a 'wavey' luster present especially on the obverse in the field in front of Liberty's face.

What do you think?

drwstr123

It could be. I don't think so, but, one very nice looking coin.

dan383

I don't think any altering has been done , per the picture .

I like it !




Dan

dcarr

It look just like it should. Possibly MS-61.

fc

seems ok to me. au58 from the looks of it.

eggbone

Looks natural in these photos. Nice original luster.

darktone

it does look odd. Let's see a close up of the area between the 6th and 7th star.

darktone

also a close up of the shield.

lasvegasteddy

that coin sure looks good in images

grip

The lines in the shield look off.Need a close up.

BECOKA

<< <i>The lines in the shield look off.Need a close up. >>



I think that is just digital artifacts. If they really do look that way then there might be an issue.

Otherwise a very nice looking coin and I agree with fc that it should go AU58.

AUandAG

raised bumps under the motto, to the right of the D in FIVED, makes me wonder.

bob

BlindedByEgo

Looks great - AU58.

fc

<< <i>raised bumps under the motto, to the right of the D in FIVED, makes me wonder.

bob >>



the pics are too lousy for me to be sure. i see what you are talking
about but i could only guess. they could simply be little marks that
has light reflecting just so as to appear to be riased bumps.

i assumed the "line" in the shield was simply a hit... with the far
right side of that "line" an artifact of the photo as another poster
mentioned.

darktone

<< <i>i assumed the "line" in the shield was simply a hit... with the far >>




The reason I was pointing out the shield was that the upper horizontil lines look to be at a slant instead of straight across as they should be. Could just be the pic I guess.

fc

<< <i>

<< <i>i assumed the "line" in the shield was simply a hit... with the far >>




The reason I was pointing out the shield was that the upper horizontil lines look to be at a slant instead of straight across as they should be. Could just be the pic I guess. >>



i feel foolish now for not understanding what you meant and i failing
to notice it also. it has to be the pic.. i cannot understand why someone
would make a fake and do that with the lines on the upper part of
the shield.

good catch. i must be blind!

adamlaneus

The picture does not have enough resolution and shows issues because of it. The anti-aliasing effect that makes the lines in the shield appear diagonal is an illusion.

Looks okay to me. It would be nice to see higher resolution images, but I cannon condemn the coin based on anything I see.

Very odd luster could be an indication of whizzing. But one would have to have the coin in hand to see whiz based luster.

It looks like a fairly typical luster pattern to me. Those 5 lines in front of libertys' face could be anything, probably just circulation marks.

You should basically see a fairly smooth cartwheel luster without large patches. A big patch of luster where the coin surface catches the light all at the same angle is indicative of whizzing.

58.

mozeppa

another $35 victim of the 3 second glance.

OchoReales

The coin looks absolutely fine and should grade out 62. It is real and from what I can see, has not been altered.

Gary

dorkkarl

<< <i>It looks like the surfaces may have been altered because of a 'wavey' luster present especially on the obverse in the field in front of Liberty's face.

What do you think? >>

i think you are seeing the way the luster is supposed to look

K S