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<p>[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 256471, member: 1242"]Can you provide better close up pictures of the Obverse and Reverse and crop out the background? This would give us a better idea to the condition and appearance of the coin. Also, is the coin a metal detecting find that was cleaned and somewhat polished? I ask, as the appearance of the dirty areas in and around the design elements, leads me to believe that the coin was in the ground for many, many years!</p><p><br /></p><p>If the coin is a metal detecting that you somewhat cleaned and polished, then it would have been better off to leave the coin dirty. In most cases, you should never clean a coin and especially one that is potentially very valueable! If the coin is in fact a real Confederate Half Dollar or even a Scott Restrike, it would have been better to have the coin professionally restored by NCS then Certified and Graded by them or NGC and could mean the difference of several thousand dollars in value.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 256471, member: 1242"]Can you provide better close up pictures of the Obverse and Reverse and crop out the background? This would give us a better idea to the condition and appearance of the coin. Also, is the coin a metal detecting find that was cleaned and somewhat polished? I ask, as the appearance of the dirty areas in and around the design elements, leads me to believe that the coin was in the ground for many, many years! If the coin is a metal detecting that you somewhat cleaned and polished, then it would have been better off to leave the coin dirty. In most cases, you should never clean a coin and especially one that is potentially very valueable! If the coin is in fact a real Confederate Half Dollar or even a Scott Restrike, it would have been better to have the coin professionally restored by NCS then Certified and Graded by them or NGC and could mean the difference of several thousand dollars in value. Frank[/QUOTE]
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