Looking through coins facts and this left me mesmerized
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Not mine but I would pay dearly for it. Such an incredible look for a AU53 grade.
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I’ll certainly agree with you brother.
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You can bet that has a CAC gold
And you would be wrong! It has a green bean per their cert lookup.
I suspect this coin is very dark in hand. While the blues are attractive, it may not pop without a lot of light focused on the coin.
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That little visual gem could easily pop into my SDB of 150.
Reminds me what true natural toning looks like. Peace Roy
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Just looking through Coin Facts mesmerizes me. An extensive photographic database of coins in one place and it’s free!
Color might be one thing, luster can be another. You need both to have a great coin.
This is probably an “original now” (formerly dipped) with some very nice album toning. If a coin doctor could standardize this process, he’d make a fortune.
Being the first year for the minting the new quarter and based on the strike characteristics for New Orleans, this example is struck well. Depending on the field look in hand would make me say 55+ or 58 but may be too dark in hand to warrant. Reverse does not show wear and Miss Liberty's knee/chest has just light rub; strike is hammered IMO.
Either way it would be a keeper; box of twenty.
Some of the first coins that the Charlotte and Dahlonega Mints produced were better than their Philadelphia counterparts. Then things got sloppy, although not always, especially at Dahlonega. Generally Dahlonega made a better product than Charlotte.
I don't think that one was dipped. The high points where the wear appear have "circulation darkness" that will disappear when such a coin is dipped. Note that there even appears to be some dirt on the head of Liberty. It is just a very nice, lightly circulated coin that was probably housed in a Wayte Raymond album for many years.
I like it, beautiful colors !!!