Dime restoration help photo added
washman
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I just bought a pcgs ms67 fb roosevelt dime with a black speck that has a light tan ring around it. I saw it in the large photos, it is visible though not distracting. I was thinking about having it restored to remove the tan ring and hopefully the speck. The coin is white so there would be no toning issues. Does this sound like a good candidate for restoration?. It is a low pop coin so I don't want the problem to get any worse.
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Sharp coin, dude! Me, I'd leave it alone.😎
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I'm not sure it's financially advisable to restore it. I don't know how much restoration services are, but if it's more than $25 it's probably not worth it given the value of the coin. I'd probably leave it alone as the marks in question are not distracting unless heavily magnified.
If you just want it gone regardless of the cost, then by all means send it in!
I believe this is the second post on this coin. My advice was, and still is....Keep it as is or sell it.... since you seem focused on that spot, it will always bother you... Should not be difficult to get a problem free specimen and save the expense of restoration - if even successful. Cheers, RickO
It's probably "spittal" and won't come off. It doesn't strike me as worth having preserved and if you do it could lose a grade in the process. In that case crack it and Acetone soak it yourself if you're determined.
There are only 22 in this grade so not super easy to replace, and at $300 it's not a cheap coin but not terribly expensive either.
I suppose you could send it in and see what they say.
If you are confident in the grade and feeling daring you could crack it out and do the restoration yourself then resubmit. Maybe you'll get that plus without the spot.
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Leave it alone and replace it with another example one day which will allow you to sell this one. The spec being black will not come out. It is permanent corrosion that has eaten through more than just the luster layer. I am guessing the previous owner may have tried using something like MS70 to dip the coin in which removed all other tarnish but left that one spot. I of course could be wrong but that is what experience tells me.
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I'm a Roosie collector and would say I know a lot about this coin. I see it as a very nice example of a clean MS67FB and it is solid for the grade. The reverse has just a smidge of flattening to the top of some of the letters and that is nice. I like a nice solid strike to the reverse. Bands look full and separated and has great vertical lines on the torch. The obverse has great hair definition and a nice clean cheek, neck, nose and forehead. IGWT is very sharp too.
Now it took me 10 minutes at looking for a dark spot and not sure if the tiny spot on his nose is the one ur talking about. To me it is not distracting and not worth the trouble and effort to get it restored. The coin has character and I would certainly have bought the coin (I only have an MS66FB for this date) if I seen it up for sale.
Good luck, but I would sell it before I did anything to it.
Later, Paul.
Thanks for the replies. I think I will live with the spot as most suggested
Hang on to it until another one pops up for sale. Eventually one will.
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