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<p>[QUOTE="serdogthehound, post: 8453105, member: 111388"]The coin is in a flip mark XF CL(clean?) and a not of JJ interestingly the tag doesn’t not that it is a S. </p><p><br /></p><p> looking at Photo grade I am thinking VF details with cleaned rim damage or ex jewelry. </p><p><br /></p><p>The thing that gets me is the two sides seem very unevenly woren which really makes me supect it was jewelry at one point . The rim also appears to have the remains of some soldering.</p><p><br /></p><p>I pick the coin up for near melt years ago so even if it’s just bullion I am happy. Also it’s pre-Civil San Francisco gold and at the right price it is still fun to own . I am toying with the idea of certification since I’ve hear that all pre-33 should be but honestly I like to hold it by the rim from time to time[ATTACH=full]1498100[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1498101[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1498102[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1498103[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="serdogthehound, post: 8453105, member: 111388"]The coin is in a flip mark XF CL(clean?) and a not of JJ interestingly the tag doesn’t not that it is a S. looking at Photo grade I am thinking VF details with cleaned rim damage or ex jewelry. The thing that gets me is the two sides seem very unevenly woren which really makes me supect it was jewelry at one point . The rim also appears to have the remains of some soldering. I pick the coin up for near melt years ago so even if it’s just bullion I am happy. Also it’s pre-Civil San Francisco gold and at the right price it is still fun to own . I am toying with the idea of certification since I’ve hear that all pre-33 should be but honestly I like to hold it by the rim from time to time[ATTACH=full]1498100[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1498101[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1498102[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1498103[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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