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<p>[QUOTE="rlm's cents, post: 1533307, member: 7957"]I give. I will try to unplug the drain tomorrow</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an interesting coin. Two toned, but there is nothing brown about it. It is almost a silver with orange swatches intermixed mostly on the reverse. Minimal marks and a great strike. Great luster on the reverse and most of the obverse, but if you look closely you can pick out some blotchy luster on the obverse. Not to the point of impaired luster, but not quite the great luster. At the right angle, you can see sort of a haze there. (Look above LIBERTY. Great luster above ERT, but both ends, it is not quite so profound.). Not an expert here, but I would suspect this coin has been dipped once upon a time. Had it been rinsed completely, I think it could be a 67. As it sits, I think it is a nice 66 as did NGC, but I would not guarantee the results if it were resubmitted today.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, I have no idea what the speck is on his forehead, but it is not on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]203159.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rlm's cents, post: 1533307, member: 7957"]I give. I will try to unplug the drain tomorrow This is an interesting coin. Two toned, but there is nothing brown about it. It is almost a silver with orange swatches intermixed mostly on the reverse. Minimal marks and a great strike. Great luster on the reverse and most of the obverse, but if you look closely you can pick out some blotchy luster on the obverse. Not to the point of impaired luster, but not quite the great luster. At the right angle, you can see sort of a haze there. (Look above LIBERTY. Great luster above ERT, but both ends, it is not quite so profound.). Not an expert here, but I would suspect this coin has been dipped once upon a time. Had it been rinsed completely, I think it could be a 67. As it sits, I think it is a nice 66 as did NGC, but I would not guarantee the results if it were resubmitted today. BTW, I have no idea what the speck is on his forehead, but it is not on the coin. [ATTACH]203159.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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