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  • bstat1020bstat1020 Posts: 2,157 ✭✭
    I do not mind it.
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    trick question? GORGEOUS!
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  • edix2001edix2001 Posts: 3,388 ✭
    wouldn't throw her out of bed
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  • rsdoug81rsdoug81 Posts: 682 ✭✭
    The blue actually doesn't bother me. I'm more bothered by the toning void above and to the right of the eagle. It just looks like something should be there...

    Other than that, I agree with the others. I'd take her.
  • FECFEC Posts: 592
    I was curious how others would perceive it. She has some pretty wild colorations. Greens and blues and even and some purple
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  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    "ugly" is not even an option. I like it very much!
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  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,504 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll be the first and perhaps only one to write that I do not like that look at all.
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  • BlindTigerBlindTiger Posts: 85
    I dont want to sound awful......But that coin would never sell at my local coin club...

    It appears Verigrase....ruined, discolored. people have crazy minds now a days that anything colored is beautiful, unique, they are the newbies, or even veterans fooled by that...

    nothing against you, but I will paSS...

    I have been fooled to many times by toning....




  • stinkinlincolnstinkinlincoln Posts: 2,733 ✭
    TomB, you are not alone.


    I dont care for this coin at all and I hate saying this, but I think its rather ugly to be honest.


    The obv only has some nice blue toning going on for it, and even that is not that nice. & the reverse has a nasty, yes, I said it, nasty fingerprint right on the eagle...

    (Also, the right obv field looks off to me. Could just be the picture, but its not right...)
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    I would pass if it were me.

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  • commoncents123commoncents123 Posts: 2,648 ✭
    I like it, but wouldn't pay a premium
  • FrankcoinsFrankcoins Posts: 4,569 ✭✭✭
    Harshly cleaned years ago, but probably natural retoning that some may like and some not. Looks a bit too
    much like a "Selsun Blue" AT job for my taste.
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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,547 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'll be the first and perhaps only one to write that I do not like that look at all. >>


    I'm with TomB...
  • BithrateBithrate Posts: 555 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I'll be the first and perhaps only one to write that I do not like that look at all. >>


    I'm with TomB... >>



    Same here...
  • thatoneguythatoneguy Posts: 285
    Its not ugly or appealing, its in the middle
  • droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭
    meh.
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  • GrumpyEdGrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭
    I don't hate it but I think it was cleaned and retoned.

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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,353 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can see it going either way depending on the person.
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  • thisnamztakenthisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> I'm more bothered by the toning void above and to the right of the eagle. It just looks like something should be there... >>



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  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I'll be the first and perhaps only one to write that I do not like that look at all. >>


    I'm with TomB... >>



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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,368 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>TomB, you are not alone.


    I dont care for this coin at all and I hate saying this, but I think its rather ugly to be honest.


    The obv only has some nice blue toning going on for it, and even that is not that nice. & the reverse has a nasty, yes, I said it, nasty fingerprint right on the eagle...

    (Also, the right obv field looks off to me. Could just be the picture, but its not right...) >>

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  • Ed1840Ed1840 Posts: 355
    I think it's appealing, in an ugly kind of way. image
  • tmoneyeaglestmoneyeagles Posts: 442
    Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
    Some people will say like it, and some will say hate it.
    I don't like it at all, but this is JMO
  • StaircoinsStaircoins Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭

    This is a coin that - were it for sale at my table at a show - folks would ask to see from my case because of the colorful obverse, then upon viewing the reverse and having their shoulders sag, would hand back to me saying "Okay, thanks." with no further comment.

    The price would not matter. The ugly reverse kills it.





  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,268 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's passable, but I would not beat down the doors to buy it.

    In truth "color coins" are really for something that is Ch AU or better. This piece would make AU-50 if it has a little tail wind. I suspect that the color you see is the happy result of an old dipping or cleaning.
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  • FlatwoodsFlatwoods Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's o.k. but I would pass.
  • nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I dont want to sound awful......But that coin would never sell at my local coin club...

    It appears Verigrase....ruined, discolored. people have crazy minds now a days that anything colored is beautiful, unique, they are the newbies, or even veterans fooled by that...

    nothing against you, but I will paSS...

    I have been fooled to many times by toning.... >>

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  • GFourDriverGFourDriver Posts: 2,366 ✭
    <<< I'm more bothered by the toning void above and to the right of the eagle. It just looks like something should be there... >>>

    Looks like a fingerprint remnant that someone tried to remove.
  • AU58WALKERSAU58WALKERS Posts: 3,562 ✭
    would make a great pocket piece
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