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Need help grading $2.50 gold Newp.....

DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,376 ✭✭✭✭✭
I'm thinking au55 details.

Details for many small 'hit' marks, very slight hairlines and one scratch on the reverse.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,775 ✭✭✭✭✭
    AU55, possibly cleaned.

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  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>possibly cleaned. >>


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  • tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    Cleaned AU
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,775 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    Hey! I was trying to be gentle.image Looks like someone used baking soda to clean it. Wish we had better pics. At least it appears to be genuine.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,096 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>possibly cleaned. >>


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    Hey! I was trying to be gentle.image Looks like someone used baking soda to clean it. Wish we had better pics. At least it appears to be genuine. >>



    Bingo, PH hit is right on the head. It was cleaned using baking soda.

    -Paul
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,775 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>possibly cleaned. >>


    image >>



    Hey! I was trying to be gentle.image Looks like someone used baking soda to clean it. Wish we had better pics. At least it appears to be genuine. >>



    Bingo, PH hit is right on the head. It was cleaned using baking soda.

    -Paul >>



    Don't ask me how I knew it was cleaned with baking soda.image


    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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