1854 $1 (gold type 1) new photos

steveben · June 27, 2011 12:40PM

here are some new photos of my 1854 $1. do you think it's cleaned? if you do, please educate me why so that I can get this down right. thanks for any comments good or bad.

llafoe · June 27, 2011 12:44PM

Tough to tell from the photo... gold can wear to XF-AU and still be shiny. Also, gold is soft and can have honest wear that emulates hairlines.

Edited to add: Lights can reflect on gold and give the appearance of luster. Photos are tough to grade/evaluate.

TomB · June 27, 2011 12:47PM

My interpretation of the surfaces are that the coin has acquired hairlines from usage and storage rather than an aggressive cleaning. Gold picks up hairlines very easily and they show up in images without even trying to highlight them. Again, my interpretation based on the images would be that it was not aggressively cleaned.

speety · June 27, 2011 3:16PM

I thought it was going to be a seated dollar

lol

Nice coin regardless though...

if it was cleaned, out looks market acceptable based on the pics.

ricko · June 27, 2011 11:08PM

Judging from the photographs, I would say not cleaned..... gold is very soft and easily marked and yours has seen some 'travel'. Cheers, RickO

STONE · June 27, 2011 11:20PM

...and at least it appears Genuine!

Coin Finder · June 28, 2011 1:54AM

Nice coin! There is a lot of pressure on type II's from hungry type collectors. I would say Au 58 or MS 61 if sent to PCGS. Does the rim nick have any solder in it?

steveben · June 28, 2011 6:39AM

no, i don't see any signs of solder. but right now, i am only using a 5x loop. that rim nick and the circ wear are all i notice.

ambro51 · June 28, 2011 6:49AM

Heres mine, this is an NGC MS62 It appears to be from the same obverse/reverse die pairing. There is a shared squiggly mark from the star at 1 oclock on the obverse, and on the reverse the T in united has the same little curved line above it. Neat. When you see things like this, especially on dollar gold, it is a good hallmark for authenticity. Your coin dosent show the die clash mine does, unless its a camera angle thing. Cleaned? I dont think so. Grade? AU58 or MS61

On looking at this, it appears your reverse is a tad weaker. This could be from a relapping AFTER my coin was struck.

TPRC · June 28, 2011 6:53AM

It looks decent to me and in the 58-61 grade range, though I am no gold expert.

PerryHall · June 28, 2011 7:19AM

Looks original and authentic which isn't a given for this series. Looks either AU58 or MS61. Can we get better pics?

steveben · June 28, 2011 10:11AM

great posts everyone...i feel pretty confident about it. esp. ambro51. it's great to see it shares some die characteristics! yours is a very close example which makes interesting comparison. no doubt yours is a better example...but mine is close behind.