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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 2356143, member: 7638&quot;]The coin under discussion reminds me of a &quot;problematic&quot; 1836 cbh I bought years ago.&nbsp; When I bought it it looked like this:</p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/early%20halves/busthalf1836predipobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://[IMG]http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/early%20halves/busthalf1836predipobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/IMG]</p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/early%20halves/busthalf1836prediprev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After reading for a while and frequenting various fora, including this one, I concluded that it had been treated with bleach.&nbsp; So I dipped it.</p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/early%20halves/busthalf1836postdipobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/early%20halves/busthalf1836postdiprev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The lighting exaggerates the hairlines, it has a high gloss, polished look.</p><p>Now it&#039;s a pocketpiece:</p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/early%20halves/pocketpieceobv1836_zps949934d3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/early%20halves/pocketpiecerev1836_zps8fbe8420.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>We will carry it around for a while longer and massage it a bit and see what happens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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