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<p>[QUOTE="Beefer518, post: 2976897, member: 87737"]I picked this up raw a few months ago, and thought it had a good chance at straight grading. Other then the hits on the reverse in front of the horse, and the heavy toning, the surfaces looked good to me. I sent it in to ANACS, and it came back AU53 'Altered Surfaces', which seems to be a catch-all for improper cleaning, AT, or someone messed with the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>So now I'm thinking about dipping it. My LCS would dip it for me, and I trust 'my guy' there to do it right. Although, personally, I really like the dark toning. I'm also considering trying to re-submit as-is to either NGC or PCGS. The more I look at the coin under a loupe, the less I see wrong with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>What, if anything, would you do? (2 sets of images - different lighting)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]731658[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]731659[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]731660[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]731661[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Beefer518, post: 2976897, member: 87737"]I picked this up raw a few months ago, and thought it had a good chance at straight grading. Other then the hits on the reverse in front of the horse, and the heavy toning, the surfaces looked good to me. I sent it in to ANACS, and it came back AU53 'Altered Surfaces', which seems to be a catch-all for improper cleaning, AT, or someone messed with the coin. So now I'm thinking about dipping it. My LCS would dip it for me, and I trust 'my guy' there to do it right. Although, personally, I really like the dark toning. I'm also considering trying to re-submit as-is to either NGC or PCGS. The more I look at the coin under a loupe, the less I see wrong with it. What, if anything, would you do? (2 sets of images - different lighting) [ATTACH=full]731658[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]731659[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]731660[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]731661[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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