How to knock 30-40 points off a coin's grade

First, find a valuable coin
Second, find a good, stiff wire brush
Third, rub the first with the second

 

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"Duhhhh... I thought I was adding 30-40 points by shinin' it up real purty..."

 

That's a SGS-69 , Take 1 point off because of the "light" cleaning .
rzage

 

Nice tip on cleaning coins David:thumb:...LOL
Next time use concentrated HCL acid instead....it will be more market acceptable then..

 

LOL. On eBay they refer to those as die polish lines...

 

What????
I thought Davidh's cleaning method was patent pending:whistle:

 

You mean they aren't die polish lines ??!?!?

 

You aren't a real coin collector unless...

...it grieves your heart to look at that coin.

 

Well said buddy.

 

Of all the coins to do that to. :desk::desk::desk:
I guess they were trying to get a better look at the overdate.

 

my heart fell into my stomach

 

That's...unfortunate.

 

What a nice coin....( that use to be)..

 

We just got that same date back from ANACS with similar problems.

that was bad enough but the AU details "whizzed" 55 Double Die Lincoln was worse. Guy had some serious stuff and a lot of it was seriously cleaned.

 

I'm not convinced it's genuine. Looks more like a crude alteration that was then whizzed to try and hide the alteration.

 

I'll agree. I have owned several of these......that one looks funny even under the shine job.

 

They werent just trying to make it affordable?:whistle:

 

Talk about heartburn:hail::whistle:
rzage

 

For the moment I'm willing to call it legit.

If so, I would consider it one of a small group of key coins that, at the correct price, would merit buying.
Not many people can afford that coin.

Way back in the 70's I ran into something similar.
An impared 1895 Morgan in an auction.
Went for $6000.
Probably would have slabbed at AU (unless it was cleaned.)
Or maybe an ANACS "DETAILS" slab.
I didn't get it.

Couldn't afford it then and can't now either.

 

Glad you guys chimed in......was thinking the same, just haven't seen many examples of this coin. Looked at one locally last Wed., and this example is much different.