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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 25504079, member: 10461"]The hairline on the neck is unfortunate, and maybe it was cleaned in the past, but maybe it wasn't. I can't really tell. Anyway, that's a really sharp example with nice luster.</p><p><br /></p><p>Less than 20 bucks, you say? That is a <i>major</i> score!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Assessing it at AU55, that's a $150 coin <a href="https://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=barqtr&searchtype=any&searchtext=fmv&search=any&nmcode=13816900&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=barqtr&searchtype=any&searchtext=fmv&search=any&nmcode=13816900&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms" rel="nofollow">per Numismedia</a>. Even if we want to be conservative and figure it at AU50 (though I think the detail is better than that), it's a $118 coin. OK, so deduct some more for the possible cleaning and the hairline(s), just to be extremely conservative, and that's still almost a $100 coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>No way you can lose at that price point. Unless it's fake. (It's not.)</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>Coin</i></b>gratulations![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 25504079, member: 10461"]The hairline on the neck is unfortunate, and maybe it was cleaned in the past, but maybe it wasn't. I can't really tell. Anyway, that's a really sharp example with nice luster. Less than 20 bucks, you say? That is a [I]major[/I] score!!! Assessing it at AU55, that's a $150 coin [URL='https://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=barqtr&searchtype=any&searchtext=fmv&search=any&nmcode=13816900&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms']per Numismedia[/URL]. Even if we want to be conservative and figure it at AU50 (though I think the detail is better than that), it's a $118 coin. OK, so deduct some more for the possible cleaning and the hairline(s), just to be extremely conservative, and that's still almost a $100 coin. No way you can lose at that price point. Unless it's fake. (It's not.) [B][I]Coin[/I][/B]gratulations![/QUOTE]
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