Commemorative Columbus Coin 1893

picked this up today for melt, Red Book is saying AU 50 or better for a decent grade, this doesnt look too bad, any thoughts would be great.

 

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Looks like EF-40-45 to me . Still a classic coin that everyone should own . Though I might be a little prejudiced being born in Chicago . Still I like your coin , and a great deal at melt .

 

Nice coin and i would agree with ef-40 but it is a common coin would prolly only get you around 13-15 dollars on the bay !

 

thanks for the insight guys, an AU 50 is 20 bucks so at melt with silver going down im pretty happy !

 

Nice find and pick-up. It looks to be EF45 to me.

 

So you picked that up for $7.19 (todays close)? W0w! You run rings around all of us.........

 

I don't own any commemorative coins but the Columbus will be my first one when I do buy First one a learned about

 

Nice coin for melt, but like the booker commem in the other thread that everyone was saying was cleaned how can the same people not say that about this one???

 

Because this one doesn't look bad to me .

 

then how did the H and the A in Half magically never get dirt in them?

 

Do you find it more likely that those specific two letters were singled out for a cleaning, or that the coin is simply worn?

 

More likely the cleaning of the letters was abandoned after the two letters than wear between only those two letters..

 

Who cleans two letters of a coin? No. The fact is that there is very little field area between the raised devices of H and A. Far less than say D or O. Look at the other A's on it, same story. Very little accumulation within the A. I believe that there is some uneven toning accounting for some of the color as well.

 

I looked at the other A's... gunk in em. I could see someone starting to clean in the letters, saying "this is a pain and wont work good" then stops, the coin sells decades later for melt.....

 

I'm sure someone wiped it with a rag at some point in it's life.
Still a nice looking coin.

 

Look inside the B, A, and N of Columbian, Same thing as the H and A in half.
The most logical explanation is that someone started cleaning the coin in those very specific and very small areas and then gave up, you're absolutely right.

 

Looks great! I've been trying to get one for a while. You got it for melt???? That's crazy!! how much exactly did you pay?

 

There is schmutz inside the hollows of the H and A in HALF. I have seen this many times in the past within hollows of device or letter details. It is actually other crud that does not turn the same color as the surrounding metal; it was not cleaned out by someone who got bored after two letters.

 

This is one on my WANT list... not the greatest of designs, but being the first commemorative plus being a Chicago native, it's kinda a no-brainer for me....