Is it me, or is this a BEAUTIFUL DBH???

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dizzyfoxx
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Oh my goodness! What a beauty.image
image...There's always time for coin collecting. image

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  • commoncents05
    commoncents05 Posts: 10,102 ✭✭✭
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    Need to see in hand. Looks at least dipped and retoned.

    -Paul
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  • Goldbully
    Goldbully Posts: 18,557 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I don't know about the DBH, but those two squirrels give me the creeps!!!! image
  • STONE
    STONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
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    << <i>Need to see in hand. Looks at least dipped and retoned.

    -Paul >>


    I agree. It's a shame too! image
  • Tassa
    Tassa Posts: 2,373 ✭✭
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    << <i>Need to see in hand. Looks at least dipped and retoned.

    -Paul >>



    My thoughts as well.
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  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Not your usual highly toned example Dizzy.... Cheers, RickO
  • Placid
    Placid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
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    Cac approved image
  • Doogy
    Doogy Posts: 4,508 ✭
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    dipped, stripped and it has possibly been cleaned. the kind of crap you typically see these days in slabs.

  • RYK
    RYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I am not enamored with the image.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • Goldbully
    Goldbully Posts: 18,557 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Looks like CAC has some 'splainin' to do!!!!!

    Looks like a fine grit Brillo pad was the source of shine!!!

    'Green Beans' and Ham.......................image
  • tightbudget
    tightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
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    Just ho hum.
  • doh
    doh Posts: 6,457 ✭✭✭
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    WAY too dipped for my taste.
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  • COALPORTER
    COALPORTER Posts: 2,900 ✭✭
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    It's about 100% overpriced too. imageimage
  • Cladiator
    Cladiator Posts: 18,353 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    << <i>Is it me, or is this a BEAUTIFUL DBH??? >>

    If we're lookin' at the same photos I'd say this time it's you. image
  • NumisOxide
    NumisOxide Posts: 11,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Doesn't have the right look for a coin of that age. Too white.
  • etexmike
    etexmike Posts: 6,852 ✭✭✭
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    Dang, even a 200 year old coin doesn't catch any slack from you guys. image

    Yep, it has had a little work in the past but I still like it.


    Mike
  • Elcontador
    Elcontador Posts: 7,743 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Based on the image, I'll take the squirrels over that coin anyday. Shame on CAC for giving their sticker to that coin, and shame on PCGS for slabbing it in the first place.

    Dizzyfox, listen -- A 200 year old coin does not have the eye appeal of a Washington Quarter unless it has been played with. The numerous fine lines on my image strongly suggest cleaning to me. And that rim toning is what the coin doctors have been putting on Unc. Capped Bust Halves -- many of them in first world slabs -- for the last three or four years. I guess they think they can do the same with Draped Bust Halves, get them slabbed, and mark them up accordingly.

    Imo, yet another numismatic abortion. The only reason I'd want that half is to show what can be done to ruin a two hundred year old coin. I find this nauseating. Where's a barf bag when I need it.
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  • Goldbully
    Goldbully Posts: 18,557 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Is this CAC acceptable???????

    image
  • numisma
    numisma Posts: 3,877 ✭✭✭✭
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    Is it me, or is this a BEAUTIFUL DBH???

    To me, ALL Draped Bust Halves are beautiful, regardless of technical grade or problems. The embedded history and the nostalgia of the design does it for me. However, there are many others in the series with a better "look."

  • numisma
    numisma Posts: 3,877 ✭✭✭✭
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    Shame on CAC for giving their sticker to that coin, and shame on PCGS for slabbing it in the first place.

    I will second this opinion.
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  • mozin
    mozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭
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    Dizzy must be enjoying his Margaritas. The coin is NOT nice.
    I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.
  • numisma
    numisma Posts: 3,877 ✭✭✭✭
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    I just read the description:

    In fact, if it weren’t for the signs of wear on the high points and the scattered hairlines, this piece would equal some MS-63 and even some MS-64 examples in terms of eye appeal.

    Translation: "In fact, if this coin had not been circulated and then cleaned, it would be Uncirculated." Or, more charitably, "this coin was once Uncirculated."
  • Goldbully
    Goldbully Posts: 18,557 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I must say the devices(especially the stars) are well struck!!!!!! image
  • TwoSides2aCoin
    TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,216 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I think this is a case where CAC certified the asking price, and not the coin. image
    On the other hand, it's not in my hand.
  • TwoSides2aCoin
    TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,216 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Technically the correct net grade ? Is that an oxymoron ?
  • TomB
    TomB Posts: 23,189 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It's your money.image
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    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

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  • stman
    stman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Probably just a bad image.
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  • Broadstruck
    Broadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I can't get past this image to even bother looking at the link! image

    image Dizzy get them a hotel room! image
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