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knowing very little about trade dollars, i thought i would share this one and ask for grade opinions before attepting to sell it, my guess would be in the 30-35 range ?


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    VF-30
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    Color looks a bit off. Could be your method of imaging however.


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    "Color looks a bit off. Could be your method of imaging however" <<< yes its a bit darker than the scan, may be time to upgrade from my 5 year old HP scanner.
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    << <i>knowing very little about trade dollars, i thought i would share this one and ask for grade opinions before attepting to sell it, my guess would be in the 30-35 range ?


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    VF-35

    Could have been dipped a good ways back....hard to tell from the images.
    Can you zoom a bit closer with the camera??
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    I would say not a 35, from looking at my 35... Color is too uniform- cleaned? Worth getting graded for authentication- so many fakes out there- if it isn't fake or cleaned it's a beauty!
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    vf25, It looks authentic to me.
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    It looks to be real and has 35 details. Not sure if it has been cleaned or just dipped,but a little too bright for a circulated Trade dollar IMO.


    edited to add: If thats a scan of the coin the color may not be as bad as I first thought.
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    my scanner makes it look quite a bit lighter than it actually is
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    XF detals, cleaned.
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    are you sure it hasn't been cleaned or dipped out and recolored?

    Even darker coins can be altered surfaces.
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    here's a cleaned one for comparison.

    It's the flatness of the coloring
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    I say VF35 and dipped, possibly cleaned, but may still grade if the surfaces are not harsh.
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    cleaned xf territory
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    It might actually pass as an XF40, only because the '77 is notoriously poorly struck, especially in the head and surrounding stars area. Do the PCGS graders take this into account? I dunno. Notice that toe detail remains even though the head and stars are fairly flat.

    FWIW, I've found that what is "market acceptable" for trade dollars is a bit more lenient than it is for say, Morgans. At best I could see it net grading, but probably not. At least the rims are in good shape.
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    Looks VF30 cleaned from your pics. Can we get better pics?

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    VF30-35 ... pictures appear quite lifeless..... could be better. Cheers, RickO

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