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1821 Bust half recent pickup....

Thought I would try and capture the crust on this one I picked up last weekend, couldn't get any good lighting, but the subdued toning is really quite colorful on this piece - guess that means I shouldn't dip it image I believe it is the O-107 variety as well with the reverse center dot between the 3 rd and 4th bars .

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edited to ad a couple of different pictures:

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Edited to drop the Crusty from title, guess I will add it to the melt pile

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  • Looks cleaned. Might be the over exposed pics though.
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  • TomBTomB Posts: 22,886 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm sorry to say that I wouldn't call that coin crusty, however, it does appear to have a significant number of hairlines that might indicate it has been cleaned.
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  • kevinstangkevinstang Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭
    I'll have to try again some time to image it, it is really quite dark and muted toning with just some bluish/red tones against a grey background with some small spots of original luster hidden in a few spots. I imagine probably it has been wiped a time in its life- but definately not recently. Oh well image I thought some might enjoy it anyways.
  • PrethenPrethen Posts: 3,463 ✭✭✭
    Unfortunately, I doubt it would holder due to the hairlines/cleaning.
  • AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,375 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm sorry to say that I wouldn't call that coin crusty, however, it does appear to have a significant number of hairlines that might indicate it has been cleaned. >>



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  • commacomma Posts: 1,562 ✭✭✭
    Im definitely no expert...but it looks like there are a lot of hairlines...definitely looks cleaned and not "crusty".
    Some of that might be the photos..
    It took me a long time to find a nice type piece that wasn't cleaned. Seems like all of these are cleaned.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,447 ✭✭✭✭✭
    that does look cleaned image jmo

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