1859 indian cent

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  1. johnny54321

    johnny54321 aspiring numismatist

    What would you grade this 1859 Indian Cent?
     

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  3. zachfromnj

    zachfromnj Junior Member

    Is that PVC damage? :(
     
  4. BR549

    BR549 Junior Member

    looks like verdigris in the laurel leaves on the reverse.
     
  5. Derekg

    Derekg Member

    im not sure how to grade coins but woooooow that is a great indian cent looks in excellent condition to me since its been here for around 165 years! :eek::hail::hail:
     
  6. johnny54321

    johnny54321 aspiring numismatist

    Yeah, looks like a few touches of vertigris or PVC, but it would probably come off in an acetone bath. This isn't my coin, but was wondering what numeric grade you would give it. Does it make AU?
     
  7. y2kkoinking

    y2kkoinking New Member

  8. Hobo

    Hobo Squirrel Hater

    Looks cleaned to me. I see absolutely no luster whatsoever.
     
  9. stealer

    stealer Roller of Coins

    I concur.
     
  10. krispy

    krispy krispy

    +1 Absolutely!
     
  11. coop

    coop Senior Member

  12. Jerms

    Jerms Member

    I would say AU-50 details (damaged). There's some noticeable wear on the leaves and ribbon area, as well as the diamonds.
     
  13. Leadfoot

    Leadfoot there is no spoon

    XF details, cleaned, net VF
     
  14. panda

    panda Junior Member

    yea, it has that "look" copper gets when it gets cleaned.
     
  15. Duke Kavanaugh

    Duke Kavanaugh The Big Coin Hunter

    I'd grade it Details.
     
  16. Phil Ham

    Phil Ham Hamster

    I would go AU-55. It may be cleaned but not a bad cleaning.
     
  17. 50cent

    50cent What A steal

    Cleaned!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
  18. bqcoins

    bqcoins Olympic Figure Skating Scoring System Expert

    AU-50 cleaned and stripped, probably no more than F or VF value.
     
  19. rdwarrior

    rdwarrior Junior Member

    These coins (small cents up to 1864) were not copper, they are a Cu-Ni alloy (88%-12%). The color you see is normal for one of these! I am not saying it has not been cleaned somewhere down the line, maybe dipped? but i see no hairlines.
    I will grade it a solid XF, maybe even an AU.
     
  20. BadThad

    BadThad Calibrated for Lincolns

    Definately harshly cleaned.
     
  21. BadThad

    BadThad Calibrated for Lincolns

    Acetone will NOT remove verdigris.
     
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