1896 o morgan

Au50-55

 

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i would say this is an vf to ef at best which would be nice thier are no au coins with that kind of where to the breast !!

 

The 96 o has week details on the breast most of the time from what I read

 

This coin, IMO, has been heavily cleaned.

 

Still has luster

 

Here's more light

 

Harshly cleaned.

 

If its cleaned how does it still have luster

 

There may be luster in small protected areas of the design but that does not make it original. On this coin, the things that tell you it is cleaned are the high gloss surfaces, also the hairlines covering the field and devices, and lastly, no original coin of this era, in this grade, would be without some dirt and/or toning.

 

It doesn't. Those are just bits of light reflecting off of areas that were cleaned, much as light reflects off of polished chrome on a car. It is definitely a harshly cleaned coin-lots of scratches from a polishing or mechanical cleaning all over both the obverse and reverse.

 

XF-Details, cleaned/polished

 

Is this not luster

 

XF details, cleaned

 

Correct, it is not mint luster. The "luster" you see on your coin is the result of harsh cleaning.

 

Nope. It is a reflection off of a cleaned coin surface. The cartwheel effect is quite different.

 

One of first thing to identify Morgan has been cleaned is stars. If it has halo around stars then it's more likely being cleaned in any form of cleaning.

Here's my short video of cartwheel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4nYhSphrf4 (Back)

(Front)

 

This is one of my peace dollars this true cartwheel

 

This coin was dirty when i got it but I made a paste out of baking soda and a little dribble hot water and let it sit in there for a couple of hours and then rinsed it off no scrobbing though just really hot water in a bowl

 

The fact is that it is cleaned, regardless of what was on it or what was used. The numerous hairline scratches and overall appearance leave little doubt for otherwise.

 

Did you really do that?