I liked it better before they "conserved" it!
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What do you think? (Not you RICKO....I assume you like it better now! 
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<< <i>Looks like a dipped POS now. >>
What do you mean it looks like a dipped POS?
lol
-Paul
skills on?
lol. this hobby is so stupid sometimes. amazingly dumb example.
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<< <i>Looks like a dipped POS now. >>
Was an ugly POS before....
I agree with PerryHall, brothers. It's a collector coin. I like the "after" a lot better.
-Randy Newman
<< <i>The conservators at NCS were able to remove the spotted color yet leave the surfaces looking natural. >>
It was a problem coin before, and a problem coin after, only a different problem.
It doesn't float my boat, but it is a matter of personal preference I guess.
However, if it's just a scanning issue, as scanners often cannot capture luster and make even brand new super shinny state quarters look flat and grey, then the coin could have wonderful luster.
Photos are tough but from that photo, it looks like the surface has been stripped away leaving a dull, flat, grey toneless coin.
<< <i>I did not like it before, and I do not like it after. >>
I completely agree.
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I did like it better after conservation as a stand alone coin.
The only way the coin would be "cool" before conservation is as part of a low grade type set or year set where all the coins had a similarly corroded appearance.
The coin certainly lacks luster and looks dull after the conservation, but at least the details are clearer and maybe or maybe not future corrosion was abated.
why most coins are messed with to this day.
why buy that when you can get a coin from a dealer that has
been stripped of its original toning like that example and then
AT'd to what you expect in the way of prettiness.
the coin was what it was. conserving it was pointless unless you
only consider the marketing of the coin for money!
bingo!
and people wonder why all the dirty original gold coins have gone???
<< <i>One has fugly toning and the other looks stripped and lifeless. A big PASS on before *and* after. >>
Took the words right out of my mouth. If there were some luster left on the after then I might deem it a success.
- Bob -
MPL's - Lincolns of Color
Central Valley Roosevelts
It was ugly and none of you know whether it had been messed with before it was toned or if this was the second toning - not without having seen it in hand. Each of us has ideas of what has eye appeal and they are not the same - or else everyone would be after my wife. White coins used to be "in" so people dipped their coins, now toned is in so these same people tone their coins. A coin 85 years old with 90% silver should be dark grey or black. The silver compounds found on these coin are going to have consumed some of the silver in the coin - probably not so much as dipping since once it forms a compound on the surface it tends to protect the underlying silver. I have some black silver coins with mint luster and they are interesting but not everyone likes them and this is often dependent on the series. I'm pretty sure that a complete set of black, mint state barbers would not be viewed by many as appealing.
<< <i>I would not like it with a fox, I do not like it in a box, I do not like it in cab, I would not like it in a slab. >>
I agree, I thought it needed help before but it obviously looks cleaned and not much better if any after.
Rookie Joe
You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.
<< <i> have to agree I think the original surfaces are much nicer than the blast white results of "conservation". >>
They're both fugly as hell, but I still prefer original fug over dipped, stripped and lifeless fug.
Major BS... Yes so natural that there's more life on the surface of Uranus... or Mine!
Too many horse and pony tricks at NGC/NCS today, as the only difference anymore IMHO is NCS mentions the problem on the slab... NGC does NOT!
<< <i>I did not like it before, and I do not like it after. >>
Me neither.
for NGC to show as a coin
that conservation improved
that's the hypocrisy here-----it's a bad thing to take a coin which has potentially damaging contaminants on it's surface and professionally remove them to preserve the integrity of the coin long-term. at the same time, it's perfectly OK to place a coin in the presence of known contaminants which could potentially damage the coin's surface as long as the result is pretty and happens according to a pre-agreed upon period of time.
amazing, simply amazing..........................
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<< <i>I did not like it before, and I do not like it after. >>
Totally agree here... ugly before and uglier after... no character at all. I would have been ashamed to have posted that last image... that's one should have never showed off.
"This coin was able to grade with NGC following professional conservation."
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So, what was it "able to grade"??
What kind of number did NGC put on this one??
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<< <i> A coin 85 years old with 90% silver should be dark grey or black. >>
Yeah, right
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<< <i>A coin like that should simply be left alone!
I cannot believe there wasn't anything better than that.
Maybe this was the least MOLESTED example this month
But thats like choosing between Joan Rivers before all the operations & Joan Rivers afterwards!
<< <i> I have some black silver coins with mint luster and they are interesting but not everyone likes them and this is often dependent on the series. I'm pretty sure that a complete set of black, mint state barbers would not be viewed by many as appealing. >>
If you have any black, mint state Barbers, please let me know.
<< <i>This operation was not a success and the patient died. >>
Ha!
<< <i>not worth much over melt before or after. >>
I will gladly pay melt for it even after they washed it!!! If anyone wants to sell it for that please pm me ASAP!!!