This Franklin has a problem or does it?
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In my continuing question to find neat examples for the classroom, I realize that you occasionally have to make some on your own. Meet Mr. Franklin.
I thought it would be an interesting study in contrasting original and cleaned surfaces to take a lightly circulated silver coin and clean half and leave the other half original. That way, students could do a direct comparison on the same coin. Yes, I am so very clever.
So I run down to the local B&M and pick up a nice candidate, a lightly toned 1962-D Franklin half dollar in AU-58. I bring it home and decide to use MS-70 on half the coin and leave the other half original. Can you guess which half was cleaned with MS-70? Good, because apparently NGC couldn't!
Yep, this is another coin I submitted to NCS with an obvious problem that ended up in an NGC holder. This one came back as AU-58 (at least the grade is right! ). As a bonus, I got to pay for the NCS and NGC fees again.
Lane
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I thought it would be an interesting study in contrasting original and cleaned surfaces to take a lightly circulated silver coin and clean half and leave the other half original. That way, students could do a direct comparison on the same coin. Yes, I am so very clever.
So I run down to the local B&M and pick up a nice candidate, a lightly toned 1962-D Franklin half dollar in AU-58. I bring it home and decide to use MS-70 on half the coin and leave the other half original. Can you guess which half was cleaned with MS-70? Good, because apparently NGC couldn't!
Yep, this is another coin I submitted to NCS with an obvious problem that ended up in an NGC holder. This one came back as AU-58 (at least the grade is right! ). As a bonus, I got to pay for the NCS and NGC fees again.
Lane
Edited for punctuation...
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(boggles the mind)
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Finish the job and you'll get an upgrade.
<< <i>Yep, this is another coin I submitted to NCS with an obvious problem that ended up in an NGC holder >>
That is really no surprise at all...
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maybe just to have it holdered for passing around the classroom??
and they're cold.
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<< <i>and the beat goes on...
Finish the job and you'll get an upgrade. >>
Sad, but true. Although sometimes the dipping shows the flaws for forcefully which can have opposite effect.
I'm sort of lost here.
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Didn't you want a half dipped coin?
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ie- no acid, just detergent
maybe just to have it holdered for passing around the classroom??
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<< <i>Why did you submit the coin to NCS?
maybe just to have it holdered for passing around the classroom?? >>
Yes...I prefer to use holdered coins as opposed to coins in flips as the holders are more durable and the flips need replacing way too often.
Lane
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<< <i>I think it might be worthwhile to invest in some coin world slabs and slab them yourself.....way cheaper. >>
I initially used CW slabs but found them way too cumbersome and the quality control (e.g. fit) was inconsistent.
Lane
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<< <i>Why was it sent to NCS first?
Didn't you want a half dipped coin?
>>
It was sent to NCS to be holdered as a cleaned coin, not conserved. And the coin looks identical to when it was submitted.
Lane
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<< <i>I believe MS70 is a "brightener", and not a dip in the usual sense,
ie- no acid, just detergent >>
I've seen a few coins that said have gotten the MS-70 treatment. My response is, "Not on my coins!" The results looked gross to me. The stuff is good for those dealers who advertise that you need sunglasses to look at their coins. They are right, and the coins look like shined up military buttons.
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