I'm not saying it isn't there, but I don't see the cleaning in your pictures.
This is actually a modern reproduction, most likely made in the 1960s or 1970s. It has none. It is a modern replica in the style of a California...
STAY AWAY FROM THAT SELLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That seller is notorious for selling cleaned, polished, mis-described, problem...
Were you using MS-70? That is well known to create the blue toning you see there. It is not uncovering it - it is causing a reaction with...
If two went for $700 and one for $750... did you really pay way too much? That seems to be where they are trading. I'd say the opposite is...
Most importantly, it looks to be clearly FH. The actual grade of the coin..... very hard to determine from those pictures. Somewhere between 58-65
Acetone won't affect natural toning. I don't see any "rainbow" toning on that coin, however.
I think it was cleaned a long time ago and retoned. I certainly wouldn't pay a premium for this toning, its generic neutral eye appeal. I think...
I want to see it too! Start a thread and post it here!
I own many coins. But quite often, this is my favorite: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Wow, these guys are good! Just a helpful tip - on coin #4, see the round flower looking device at the top of the reverse? Any time you see that,...
Generic rounds like this are often nearly impossible to track down, unless the original purchaser kept the receipt.
I don't own any, but look for Swiss Shooting Talers. There's a whole lot of them, going back hundreds of years. Some really cool designs.
1951 Franklin DDR, discovery piece. I discovered it, and am credited in the CONECA files: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Slabs don't damage coins. But jewelry mounts do. And, it is very likely that a jewelry mount would be in the same four spots.
Plenty of uncirculated coins have fingerprints. A fingerprint does not preclude an MS grade. I've seen coins up through 66 with fingerprints...
Looks real to me. What makes you think it might be fake?
There are several examples of prooflike business strikes using proof dies. However, it is the squareness or roundness of the rims that is often...
Go for it! Try it on something modern and worthless, like a Kennedy.
Not sure which one's your commenting on, but we've moved on to the 1830 Capped Half.
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