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<p>[QUOTE="Morgandude11, post: 8377872, member: 37839"]I gather you don’t like that argument, but there is a lot of truth to it. In my experiences, higher grade Barber coinage was slabbed years ago. This is a particularly bright, shiny piece. If it were to straight grade, which I don’t feel that it would, it is somewhere in the 63-64, or possibly 64+ range, or from those photographs, APPEARS as such. A collector definitely would have taken the chance, and submitted it. Barber coinage was in the “golden age” of coin cleaning. Most of the more attractive specimens (and, I am not denying that it is an attractive coin) had some assistance. Most were dipped, or wiped. Some got the “eraser” treatment. Whatever the case, unless they are deceptively bad photographs, this coin shows evidence to me of some mechanical cleaning. The color is definitely NOT original—that is pretty obvious. So, I stand by my opinion, whether or not it may be popular. That coin appears to have been cleaned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Morgandude11, post: 8377872, member: 37839"]I gather you don’t like that argument, but there is a lot of truth to it. In my experiences, higher grade Barber coinage was slabbed years ago. This is a particularly bright, shiny piece. If it were to straight grade, which I don’t feel that it would, it is somewhere in the 63-64, or possibly 64+ range, or from those photographs, APPEARS as such. A collector definitely would have taken the chance, and submitted it. Barber coinage was in the “golden age” of coin cleaning. Most of the more attractive specimens (and, I am not denying that it is an attractive coin) had some assistance. Most were dipped, or wiped. Some got the “eraser” treatment. Whatever the case, unless they are deceptively bad photographs, this coin shows evidence to me of some mechanical cleaning. The color is definitely NOT original—that is pretty obvious. So, I stand by my opinion, whether or not it may be popular. That coin appears to have been cleaned.[/QUOTE]
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