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cameron12x
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Thoughts on a technical grade?
Cleaned or original skin?
Cleaned or original skin?
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cameron12x
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Nice coin
Interests:
Pre-Jump Grade Project
Toned Commemoratives
Would be considered "market acceptable" today. BTW ... nice early stage die cracks on the reverse.
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<< <i>F+ / VF. Cleaned, but not recently >>
ooo, nice one! +1 for "cleaned but not recently" as I can see some worn-down scratches on the obv fields
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Need a larger sample size.
It may have been cleaned a very long time ago, but since it has re-toned nicely, it doesn't matter.
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<< <i>F+ / VF. Cleaned, but not recently >>
Nope, not cleaned. Would slab as XF40/VF35.
Edit (after a second look)- bump me up to VF30.
<< <i>VF20 from where I sit, and if cleaned, that happened a long time ago and it is totally "market acceptable" if I were the market.
Edit (after a second look)- bump me up to VF30. >>
It's so funny that pieces which people swear up and down haven't ever been cleaned, more often than not shine across the room as if a brillo pad had been used to do the work, have been soap-and-watered ad infinitum, etc. And vice-versa for pieces which in fact have never been cleaned.
Makes me want to have folks offer me their "cleaned" pieces, but since you never know what you're going to get, they all have to be taken on a case-by-case basis.
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<< <i>VF20 from where I sit, and if cleaned, that happened a long time ago and it is totally "market acceptable" if I were the market.
Edit (after a second look)- bump me up to VF30. >>
It's so funny that pieces which people swear up and down haven't ever been cleaned, more often than not shine across the room as if a brillo pad had been used to do the work, have been soap-and-watered ad infinitum, etc. And vice-versa for pieces which in fact have never been cleaned.
Makes me want to have folks offer me their "cleaned" pieces, but since you never know what you're going to get, they all have to be taken on a case-by-case basis. >>
Maybe you should take a second look at the right obverse field before you start calling people out.
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<< <i>VF20 from where I sit, and if cleaned, that happened a long time ago and it is totally "market acceptable" if I were the market.
Edit (after a second look)- bump me up to VF30. >>
It's so funny that pieces which people swear up and down haven't ever been cleaned, more often than not shine across the room as if a brillo pad had been used to do the work, have been soap-and-watered ad infinitum, etc. And vice-versa for pieces which in fact have never been cleaned.
Makes me want to have folks offer me their "cleaned" pieces, but since you never know what you're going to get, they all have to be taken on a case-by-case basis. >>
Maybe you should take a second look at the right obverse field before you start calling people out.
LOL! Got no problem whatsoever with the right obverse field, light, wispy old contact marks.
As well, there's a nice buildup of undisturbed, naturally placed grime around the periphery of Liberty, especially around her hand, wrist and cap. Directly adjacent to the field that frankly, I'm mystified as to what you're seeing that indicates a cleaning has taken place.
While we all know the the TPG's will grade coins that are drop-dead original as well as "market acceptably" cleaned, I would be more than happy to put up $ that this coin would grade without issue at our hosts.
Therefore one can't use a full LIBERTY as a complete basis to reach VF20 and beyond.