1918-s Standing Quarter to Grade

http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/11172008/mov05511.mpg

 

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you've got a good eye, Reuben.

And the lesson you teach is one for the newbies to listen to and learn from.

 

Tom,

From what I got of Reuben's post the arrow doesn't point to the crud, what it points to is the protected area around the wing. If you look next to the eagle you will see the original luster and as you move away toward the arrow the luster changes. It's almost like there's a line that follows the entire outline of the wing. That to me suggests a dip, not the presence of the dark crud.

Now I may be way off, but that's what I saw when I looked at the arrow and read what Reuben had to say.

 

Well my eye shows skin on the coin

And to back my point about the black dots heres is a coin that certainly wasnt dipped but has the same exact look as the OP's coin

 

dime, your coin while exhibiting some of the same type of toning is not the same.

The OPs coin has the black almost exclusively in the protected areas of the coin whereas your coin has it in a concentrated area that extends from the rim to the lettering along the rim. IOW it's all kind of connected not mottled.

If you were to dip your coin improperly and leave behind some of the toning but still impair the luster you would see the residual toning mostly directly adjacent to the lettering and raised devices that it currently runs next to but largely gone in open areas of the coin.

The toning is the same, but your coin doesn't show any evidence of being dipped while the OPs coin does.

 

ditto....this back and forth posting and disagreements and fighting just quited down in the paper Money forum . lets get back to posting some nice coins.

 

Wow, I had no idea this thread would start such a commotion! Dipped or not, the coin has strong cartwheel luster, a light tone and is not hairlined. It's likely been dipped, but I doubt it's been over dipped imho.

 

My 2 cents

To coin a phrase only the coin know for sure.but if your had it sent to Pcgs they have a new coin sniffer that can tell what chemical it been in.but from the tone and the carbon spot I still think it uncleaned.that is all I got to say about this coin.
*** I do not want a war of words***

 

interesting - i cant remember this but it is a perfect example of a cleaning of a coin, improperly I might add.