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<p>[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 8379062, member: 4920"]The photographs of the coin are nice and sharp but the lighting is a little funny. Still, I think you have the presumption right. A coin like this coming into a TPG is going to be heavily scrutinized for the reasons aforestated. But the verdict is going to hinge on whether it's market acceptable, and that I don't believe we can adequately judge from these photographs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Having said that, "back in the day," I had 14-year-old kids in my coin club who could spot a dipped coin in a coin shop ten feet away. Or at least five feet away, lol. My point is, the unscrupulous dealers dipped out toning (a.k.a., environmental damage), then. Today, the unscrupulous dealers dip it in. That's why most Morgan Dollars were indeed dipped, at one point or another. Same can be said on a lot of older, tarnished silver. You put those 14-year-old kids in the grading rooms and 90% or better of these silver coins are body bagged.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given the lighting in the photographs could be better and the grading standard of market acceptability, I have to lean toward, send it off. If they know what they're doing, they're going to judge it on the evidence, on acceptability standards for their market, and not dismiss it out of hand, again, for the reasons aforestated. Then, again, they could be dopes, in which case he winds up with expensive plastic and a coin that wasn't given fair treatment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 8379062, member: 4920"]The photographs of the coin are nice and sharp but the lighting is a little funny. Still, I think you have the presumption right. A coin like this coming into a TPG is going to be heavily scrutinized for the reasons aforestated. But the verdict is going to hinge on whether it's market acceptable, and that I don't believe we can adequately judge from these photographs. Having said that, "back in the day," I had 14-year-old kids in my coin club who could spot a dipped coin in a coin shop ten feet away. Or at least five feet away, lol. My point is, the unscrupulous dealers dipped out toning (a.k.a., environmental damage), then. Today, the unscrupulous dealers dip it in. That's why most Morgan Dollars were indeed dipped, at one point or another. Same can be said on a lot of older, tarnished silver. You put those 14-year-old kids in the grading rooms and 90% or better of these silver coins are body bagged. Given the lighting in the photographs could be better and the grading standard of market acceptability, I have to lean toward, send it off. If they know what they're doing, they're going to judge it on the evidence, on acceptability standards for their market, and not dismiss it out of hand, again, for the reasons aforestated. Then, again, they could be dopes, in which case he winds up with expensive plastic and a coin that wasn't given fair treatment.[/QUOTE]
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