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opinions on this seated half...looks pretty nice
my3cents
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it's on e-bay and it's not my auction. However, the coin is in Italy but the seller has very good feedback - but a lot of it is from the same buyers. Coin looks like it may have been polished but I can't tell.
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Russ, NCNE
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<< <i>but it's difficult to see any evidence of whizzing in the fields. >>
Whizzing doesn't always show up as hairlines. Matter of fact, if somebody's good at it, it'll be nearly impossible to see any hairlines at all. The surfaces of the coin sure look worked one way or the other, though.
Russ, NCNE
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That pic doesnt show what is lurking IMO.
John
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I wouldn't buy something like this unless it were a rare date or rare die variety.
This 1858 is neither.
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No visible hairlines but....... whizzzzzzzzzzzzzed neatly on obv. A real shame as the rev was beautiful.
MAJOR TPG slabbed as MS. Can't tell ME there's no "market grading." The reverse was superb.
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<< <i>No visible hairlines but....... whizzzzzzzzzzzzzed neatly on obv. A real shame as the rev was beautiful.
NGC slabbed as MS. Can't tell ME there's no "market grading." The reverse was superb.
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Topstuff, please don't take offense to this, but I'm extremely skeptical of the coin's having been literally "whizzed" and being encapsulated as an MS by NGC.
As on all grading, mine is an opinion. I had another which was "probably" conserved and the "something" was coming back.
I can provide a picture of a buff nick I submitted which had the glunk come back after a couple months once I resolve my issue with my ISP who has no "supervisors" on weekends so I have to wait til monday to find out why although "nothing is wrong" my links don't work.
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<< <i> It was completely "skinned" by dipping obviously, but the few nicks and ticks were very subtly "blended" into the field in a very unnatural manner. Add that the stars were haloed with that strange look. Very VERY inconsistent with the surfaces of the reverse. >>
Topstuff, that sounds very much like far-too-many coins that have been "conserved" by NGC.
I hate that completely unnatural look. I also think many such coins have been graded considerably higher than deserved - a number of them would even be body-bagged by PCGS in my opinion - but, that still sounds different from "whizzed".
But I'm at a loss to come up with a replacement.
<< <i>You're right. I'll retract the word "whizzed."
But I'm at a loss to come up with a replacement >>
Might I suggest "ruined"? "stripped"? "over-conserved"?
Like a car. It looks good. Better than it did. But NEVER original.