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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 2309869, member: 19165"]Unfortunately, your second set of pictures show the problems of this coin much more clearly. There are three major problems: </p><p><br /></p><p>1. Green gunk (its either PVC or some other form of corrosion) on the sun, speckled on the obverse, and in places on the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>2. Very harsh cleaning hairlines on both sides (I'm guessing someone saw the corrosion and tried to clean it off). </p><p><br /></p><p>3. Deep scrapes/gouges on the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin itself has Fine-15+ details (maybe even VF), and without the problems would probably be worth maybe $250-$300. With the problems, somewhere around $70 is probably a good estimate (coins like this are hard to value, because they are often hard to find a buyer - you have to strongly discount the coin to make a sale. This coin has a lot of serious problems, hence the serious discount).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 2309869, member: 19165"]Unfortunately, your second set of pictures show the problems of this coin much more clearly. There are three major problems: 1. Green gunk (its either PVC or some other form of corrosion) on the sun, speckled on the obverse, and in places on the reverse. 2. Very harsh cleaning hairlines on both sides (I'm guessing someone saw the corrosion and tried to clean it off). 3. Deep scrapes/gouges on the reverse. The coin itself has Fine-15+ details (maybe even VF), and without the problems would probably be worth maybe $250-$300. With the problems, somewhere around $70 is probably a good estimate (coins like this are hard to value, because they are often hard to find a buyer - you have to strongly discount the coin to make a sale. This coin has a lot of serious problems, hence the serious discount).[/QUOTE]
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