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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 8137985, member: 19250&quot;]This particular look as well condition of half dimes I steer clear of..... reasons .....as stated if this coin hasn&#039;t been dipped or cleaned why is it not in a tpg in the current wear condition?</p><p>I steer clear as they do comand a premium,&nbsp; as even low grades have slipped up in the $45 and up just for any old h 10 you find in G to vf. I passed on a 1830 at a show a few months back at $55 &amp; had a slight bend.. </p><p>but again to my eye this is a nice specimen but its been cleaned, and or over dipped.&nbsp; Having roughtly now in the neighborhood of 2 large double row slab boxes filled plus the specimen raw... I have learned how to read the surfaces as to how they became the color to my eye&nbsp; that i see. </p><p>You still can have some luster under a dull finish.... but I can look at the coin color and surface and know.in hand.&nbsp; I do indeed have cleaned h 10s as well as some other issues. </p><p>But when you&quot;re under 20 needed to complete from 1829-1873 one sometimes takes what one can find.</p><p>And to be perfectly honest i do own coins that if not detailed ,I could of never afforded them.</p><p>So sometimes we settle,and no problems with that as you are the only person you need please.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at tge reverse from RICA down to the 3rd arrow head.... notice the skin tone from the eagles wing to the rim throughout the lettering..... thats toning that did not come off the coin durring soaking.&nbsp; As what I see in the photo. In hand may differ, but Im still in the cleaned and dipped opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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