Is this the new standard for market acceptance?

fastfreddie

Not for me...that looks to be a fairly harsh cleaning IMO.

1847-o 25c VF35

Boosibri

I have this auction bookmarked as I also was curious what it would sell for. Definitely do not like the coin.

keyman64

Not for me!!!

LindeDad

YHGTBK I get 92"s on coins that I and others can't find a hair line on anywhere and that thing flew?

ebaybuyer

looks overgraded and cleaned .... definately at the outer limits of its potential.

crypto79

Define cleaned? Lightened, scrubed, dipped, unattractive? If any ones of those prevented coins from being encased there would be only a fraction of coins in plastic and a lot of upset collectors.

ebaybuyer

if cleaning/lightening isnt an issue, then why are so many coins returned with "questionable coloring" ??? cant have it both ways. either it is entirely original or questionable. i believe the question here is why are some coins scrutinized while other (obvioulsy cleaned) coins escape detection ?

jdimmick

I must be in the minority, its not that bad IMO

ColonelJessup

Hairlines and looks somewhere between toned back naturally over a long period of time or possibly stained.... Not that good on rare junk.. The bell goes off for NO and I just move on.

I wouldn't think that any one particular coin is the exemplar for market acceptability.

CoinRaritiesOnline

<< <i>I must be in the minority, its not that bad IMO >>



If you are in the minority, I am there with you.

TwoSides2aCoin

I'm not sure there is a new standard, per se. There is a fair market value when any item starts at $.99
Fair play ! That's the standard bearer on eBay.

lkeigwin

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<< <i>I must be in the minority, its not that bad IMO >>



If you are in the minority, I am there with you. >>

Ditto. I don't care for it but PCGS felt the hairlines were due to circulation, not cleaning.
Lance.

Kove

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<< <i>I must be in the minority, its not that bad IMO >>



If you are in the minority, I am there with you. >>




Ditto.

Moldnut

Funny that most would say this is a POS if it was in plastic from ATS.

Broadstruck

Big difference in the look of the close-up pics and the full slab shots.

jom

<< <i> I don't care for it but PCGS felt the hairlines were due to circulation, not cleaning.
Lance. >>



I agree but really what's the difference? I'm not saying that PCGS should have graded it either way but if the hairlines take away from the overall eye appeal of the coin why does it matter whether it came from circulation or cleaning? If there is a distinct different on how it looks then at what point does a lightly clean coin get acceptance over an abused circ?

Just wondering....

jom

ebaybuyer

every TPG seems to have its loyal sheep

silverpop

cleaned

MrEureka

<< I must be in the minority, its not that bad IMO >>



<If you are in the minority, I am there with you.>

Count me as another "ditto".

And FWIW, if the coin was more original, I'd probably call it XF40. 47-O's don't come struck like you might hope or expect.

VanHalen

<< <i>Big difference in the look of the close-up pics and the full slab shots. >>



Very big. Looks market acceptable in the slab shots.

sparky64

I don't think it's awful but it's not for me.
I agree it looks better from a distance.
Maybe a grainy pic making the zoom-over look ech.
It does have a cool crack along the top of the rev.

roadrunner

Original, cleaned or otherwise, $811 is a load of cash for a VF35 1847-0 quarter. Mr. Eureka sold me a pair of XF45's (with luster) back in the late 1980's that would go AU50 or maybe better today. $185 each for those guys. I even recall finding a nice one of these in Fine-15 for $14 at a yard sale in Worcester, MA around 1979. That didn't happen every day. The 47-0 is probably one of the best of the 2nd tiered dates in the seated quarter series. The first tier takes up about 20 coins.