(In case the image does not load.. It's a 1794 flowing hair dollar.. That some jack waggon cleaned.) I saw this while trolling eBay looking for stuff to use in trade. Would you, or would you not, strangle whoever cleaned this? Definitely not as valuable.. But a guy came into my shop a while back with the only Peace Dollar anybody wants, the 28. It was somewhere between very and extra fine, as far as I could tell. I made him the best offer I could, but he walked. He came back the next day with a big smile on his face and said "let's see what you offer me now!" He'd cleaned it up. With one of these: Yeah.. He thought instead of a few hundred, he was going to get a few thousand. I'd already told this guy multiple times DO NOT CLEAN ANY COINS. If he did, they'd only be worth scrap if they had a scrap value and if it was a key date I wouldn't even buy it for scrap out of principle. In situations like this, I'm uncharacteristically brutal. I congratulated him on making himself look like a complete moron while simultaneously only screwing himself over and wished him luck with his withdrawls and back child support.
Well, we need to start with a time machine that'll let us go back hundreds of years, since that's how long people have been cleaning US coins. Of course, once you've got a working time machine, managing your schedule gets a lot easier.
No cleaning on this one . I prefer toned ancient silver, but it's like this when it comes out of the ground. I noticed that ones in NGC holders seem to be blast white. It's amazing how expensive U.S. coins are. What would something like the OP coin be worth if it hadn't been cleaned?
At least it’s a 1794 half not a dollar like the op said. The 1794 dollar is one of my dream coins. Any condition
After googling what these things go for, the OP is spot on, it's a cryin' shame. I googled what a 1794 dollar would go for, and : According to the NGC Price Guide, as of December 2023, a Liberty Coin from 1794 in circulated condition is worth between $57500 and $975000. However, on the open market 1794 Silver Dollars in pristine, uncirculated condition sell for as much as $6500000. ----- Holy moley, a giant silver medallion of Priscus Attalus, one of the great Roman rarities (and this thing had an 18th c. pedigree), *only* sold for $60,000 and some change. I guess it's all about how many buyers are out there.
