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Seated Liberty Proof Question

Can a Seated Proof be bright white ( And I mean very, very bright white) and very reflective without being cleaned or dipped in its past ?


The slab is a PCGS OGH

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  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The odds of that are EXTREMELY slim. Maybe 1 out of 1000....or more. Since most of these were stored in paper, albums, or something containing sulfur over the past 120-140 years they toned.

    But don't dispair. Many or most collectors now prefer a nice white coin to a toned one. It it's flashy with some cameo even better.
    This is a very saleable coin if ok for the grade (ie normal hairlines).
    If this coin is available from Joe National Retailer I'd be very suspect.
    If it's coming from your local coin shop and just came out of the woodwork.....I like that kind of story.

    More than likely your ogh white blazer was dipped before being slabbed. If it is still very stark white it was dipped very nicely and will more than likely stay nice and white for some time to come. Many dipped proofs from the 1986 to 1997 rattler/ogh holder era have since retoned with blotchy browns around the peripherals. Others have sickly stains from dip residue. Dipped is sort of the norm on these.....cleaned is not. Overly bright could be a problem as well.

    Photos?

    roadrunner
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  • Help me out if I am wrong, but I thought PCGS didnt slab cleaned coins ?

    Here it is......What do you think ?

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  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lightly cleaned or impaired can still be holdered. Avoid those imo.

    Odd view on that photo. The top of the coin "looks" golden toned while the lower half is untoned. Probably from the background used. Don't see anything negative in that view, but also can't identify any strong positives either. What's the assigned grade?

    roadrunner
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  • TomBTomB Posts: 22,090 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The older and more difficult the coin is, the more problems that PCGS and NGC will allow the coin to have and still get holdered. Dipping, as long as it is not horribly overdone, is not considered cleaning by PCGS or NGC and dipped coinage routinely gets holdered. Your Seated coin was no doubt dipped in the past and PCGS knew it before they graded it.
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  • it is possible that the coin is "untouched", and I have seen such coins, but chances are small. Nevertheless, if properly done, dipping does not negatively effect proof/uncirculated coins
  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nothing wrong with a PF63 ogh seated half. And nothing really jumps out from the angle provided.

    roadrunner
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