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Our host didn't like my half dime

ScootersdadScootersdad Posts: 180 ✭✭✭
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Purchased several years ago because I liked the toning. She was entombed, put away and forgotten.
Should I keep her or not?

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  • coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,320 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Do you like it? If so, then I would keep it.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,793 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What’s the problem? Is the grade too low for you, or did they nick you with a “details” grade? It has too many marks to grade MS-65.

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  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 10, 2018 7:19PM

    Hard to tell from the pics. Cleaned?

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,685 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cleaned and retoned. Dump it.

    All glory is fleeting.
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  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's a bit disappointing, gradewise, but I would keep the coin as long as I had money for donuts & coffee tomorrow.

  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 6,553 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AT, looks like the typical ebay ziplock hardboiled egg special. Crack, dip and dump.

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  • BGBG Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can see that. Blue is tough.

    Wonder how the new president will affect grades?

  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just for the photos it appears to be correct. After all, you asked for their opinion.

  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,515 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hang on to it for a year or two. See what you think then

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,793 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I had a half dime like this when I was a young collector (circa 1966) that Gimbals graded “Unc” (MS-60). A “dip crazy” friend of mine dipped it, and it came out terrible. Leave it alone.

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  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,546 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Scootersdad said:

    I got one of those on a real pretty and correctly (IMHOP) colored 1909 Lincoln Matte Proof. It came back in a body bag with the notation PR-63, Questionable Color.

    Sometimes ya gotta throw in the hook even if the bait is bad.

    Pete

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 11, 2018 8:48AM

    I too think it was cleaned... But the toning might very well be secondary as in re-toned not intentional AT.

    Would rather see Cleaned on the Details Label.

    As if it's a toning issue they might as well call 90% of the pre 1840 silver secondary toned silver coins questionable.

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  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,111 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @blitzdude said:
    AT, looks like the typical ebay ziplock hardboiled egg special. Crack, dip and dump.

    https://youtu.be/BixzLd__k-c

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BillJones said:

    @blitzdude said:
    AT, looks like the typical ebay ziplock hardboiled egg special. Crack, dip and dump.

    I’d forget about the “dip” part. That will make it look dull and worse.

    Yeah don't dip that coin, as the obverse looks harsh even toned...

    Dipped this will look like major royal arse.

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  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,546 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:

    @BillJones said:

    @blitzdude said:
    AT, looks like the typical ebay ziplock hardboiled egg special. Crack, dip and dump.

    I’d forget about the “dip” part. That will make it look dull and worse.

    Yeah don't dip that coin, as the obverse looks harsh even toned...

    Dipped this will look like major royal arse.

    There was a hair care product for sale called "Dippety Doo".

    DEFINITELY stay away from that one. ;)

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You seem predisposed to part with the coin. If so, do it... you will never be happy looking at it in that slab. That being said, do not be surprised if it shows up later in a slab with a straight grade... happens you know... ;) Cheers, RickO

  • Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I tend to agree with them. Toned to cover a cleaning.

  • No HeadlightsNo Headlights Posts: 2,105 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I believe the dark toning is hiding a myriad of scratches from an old cleaning. I would part with it, but only your opinion matters as to its disposition.

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 11, 2018 9:28AM

    The glossy obverse was a red flag for me even before the reveal. My initial thought was cleaned and retoned. Rather than using the questionable color code, I had expected it to receive the cleaning (92) code instead. I agree with AU details.

  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Would look a lot better in a flip
    -or a type set album- than that slab.

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  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 11, 2018 9:45AM

    CRACK IT OUT, DO NOT DIP IT and sell it or trade it RAW! The only things I can say nice about your coin is that it is silver and still round. :(

    PS Any TPGS that straight grades this coin (even if dipped)...

  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,979 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think blitzy is a dip salesman.

    MS66 taste on an MS63 budget.
  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,726 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That would still look good in a Dansco album.

    Collector, occasional seller

  • logger7logger7 Posts: 9,022 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Some seller on ebay could rave about it and find a sucker: "PQ+++, rainbow gem stunner!!!!"

  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 6,553 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @clarkbar04 said:
    I think blitzy is a dip salesman.

    Haha, I wish. Oh how I do love my Weimans instant tarnish remover though. A hundred years worth of crud gone in mere seconds.

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  • zippyzipzippyzip Posts: 61 ✭✭
    edited December 11, 2018 3:49PM

    Torch/open flame toning. PCGS sets the bar for identifying fake toning.

  • AlexinPAAlexinPA Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Don't feel bad; I had a 74 and 75 CC Trade dollars our host didn't like either. Details! Argh!

  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,489 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Years ago at a coin show, a dealer showed me some Buffalo and Jefferson nickels in a couple of grayish coin folders. he said, some were nice and sent a few in to get graded and some came back AT and others had graded straight. He showed me those coins as well. I believed the guy and bought 2-3 from the folder. So yeah......I have a couple of blue tone coins but they're more light blue than a darker blue. I know I don't like the neon blue I saw in ANACS holders in the 1990's and they had those correctly labeled AT.

    Leo

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  • ARCOARCO Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If it has luster - dripping, keep it. If it is flat and dull - discard.

  • SoldiSoldi Posts: 2,177 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1630Boston said:

    @blitzdude said:
    AT, looks like the typical ebay ziplock hardboiled egg special. Crack, dip and dump.

    https://youtu.be/BixzLd__k-c

    The Horror the Horror.......

  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,562 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Baley's right... it would look better cracked and put in an album.

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  • GluggoGluggo Posts: 3,566 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Crack it and send it to NGC

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