Tape Residue?

The second battery was taking forever to charge, time to buy another one, or two. Just got done! Taking Photos now! Might be a while.
Anyways what do you think of this one?

 

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It depends on which eye that you use. Like at the eye doctors.

 

Reverse looks like it had sunscreen on one side. Different, I like it.

 

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I am gonna tell you the truth. I bought this coin because it was so' original. If you look close these is heavy tape residue under trust on the Rev.

 

I do see it, whoever did that is not a coin collector, in my opinion.

 

A split in toning I imagine could happen on a roll half folded. Maybe I have been looking at the coin all wrong.

 

I don't think that is tape. Usually tape covering prevents any toning at all underneath. It's definitely interesting and unusual, as well as attractive toning. I've got a 1884 O coin I'm sending in for grading. It was toned before I bought it. It has an interesting story, one that I'll show a before and after a few months later when it comes back from PCGS. Sending it in doesn't make economic sense, sometimes I just do things because I can.

 

Looks like something covered the right side of the coin and left the left side exposed to something that toned it.

I'm not really seeing the tape residue but I only have a picture to look at. It probably looks different in hand.

Bruce

 

Looks like a paper fold across the reverse

 

The dealer said he pulled it from an album or folder and the coin was held in for years by tape.

 

You are assuming tape would have been applied before any toning had already occurred. I would think previous toning would not be removed by tape.

 

Can PVC tape cause permanent damage? Just looking again at this. Did you try a long acetone soak, would that help under TRUST? The reverse rim looks like it got beat up just along the edges, maybe just bag marks attrition. Would that get a damaged grade from a TPG? It seems they are all over the place with their straight or details grades with rim irregularities.

 

Not sure the tape had PVC in it but I could be wrong. I know that they make a PVC tape that sticks well to PVC plumbing etc.
I haven't done a soak on the coin. I don't mind the tape residue and wouldn't in this instance take a chance of changing the toning. We'll see.

 

The rim dings are much worse in the photos than in hand. I imagine the TPG's could take issue and give it a mid or low AU grade.

By the way this is a
1884-O VAM-14 O/O Right High, Far Date, Doubled Tail Feathers

 

I don't believe acetone will change toning at all. (I've tried) Just don't E-Zest it. What's ironic is I have a 18840 that I'm sending to PCGS soon that previously had a"questional color"details grade from ANACS. I did a little sorcery on it and will post when grades come back.

 

I know that this has a bit of organics on it. Being partially taped into a folder or Album. My point was that I don't want to change the coins appearance by removing whatever is contributing to the look.