Seems Like A Lot of Work For $250 - 1818/7 Bust Half

BustHalfBrian

before and after

Why waste good acetone on that coin? Well, at least they didn't dip it.

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yosclimber

Following the calculation, I'm seeing $235/$763.75 = 30.8% gross in 4.5 months.
Does this mean Heritage takes 10%, so the seller gets 20% net?

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yosclimber

Thanks for working through the more detailed calculation - wow, I was missing a lot of factors.
It bumps up slightly, to 14.4% if using 4.5 months instead of 6.
Way better than my checking account, but not without risk.
Just good to come out ahead, with all those cost factors.

fishteeth

That coin should only be an EF45

bcdeluxe

Tough call here. I found the dirt distracting, but I also find the brighter spot on the cheek now a bit unnatural.

I definitely prefer the "after" acetone look, am happy it's not dipped as it would look totally wrong in XF, but also wonder how it gained enough detail through a bath to go from 45 to 50.

puffer

Conservation costs if they ran it through the PCGS system runs around 4% of the PCGS price guide listing. Regrading, shipping to and from, and so forth. It is hard to imagine much profit was made except a scholastic and instructive one.

VanHalen

<< <i>That coin should only be an EF45 >>



Agreed. It doesn't look like a strong 45 in the images.

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jayPem

<< <i>That coin should only be an EF45 >>



Agree. Unless it's loaded with luster we're not seeing. Unusual for PCGS to give a 50 for a 45, even stranger for cac to sticker it
Like it better soaked though, and it does look like a coin that was worth cleaning up some...I wonder if it was done by our host ?

TwoSides2aCoin

At some point, it's not about the coin, price or the method.

It's all about the juice.

lava

I'm not sure the posters to this point are in agreement on what was done to the coin. Did the conservator use acetone in just a few key spots?

I think the coin was distracting and remains distracting. I don't like it at 50 and the CAC sticker is puzzling.

maibockaddict

Cleaned and ruined.

jessewvu

<< <i>Cleaned and ruined. >>



Wouldn't you want your wife/girlfriend cleaned from time to time? I don't have any problem with a proper cleaning of coins I own. Time just makes them look unoriginal. I don't know why this hobby is so against cleaning the items of the collection. Paintings are cleaned/restored all the time and if done right can increase the value significantly. When someone mentions cleaning a coin, the sky might as well be falling.

I just dont' get it... Is it because there are so many people out there that do it wrong the stigma is EVERYONE that cleans a coin is doing it wrong?

coffeyce

I agree I have a few nice coins with dirt and other stuff im thinking about sending to have cleaned. I see nothing wrong with it if done properly

puffer

So maybe someone bought it and thought it might upgrade and then re-ran it through HA? Got a little turned off by the new look decided to flip it? I have had coins that are really hard to sell if they have surface issues and have to be treated to remove the issue. I have had much better date gold coins that upgrade XF45 to AU50 after a dip. So who takes the risk? I'm grad that PCGS and NGC have conservation/restoration options, but the only thing that is cheap about them is copper spot removal on gold coins.