I disagree. It doesn't merely look dipped or over dipped to me. It looks cleaned or polished - note the unnatural sheen on the obverse. That is not a dipped appearance.
could you please state the factors that make you conclude that mark? As you are obviously an expert it would be very helpful becuase i do not see any hairlines. All i see that could be suspect is possibly the reflectivity and the wear(?) on the head. Jacob
Also i do not understand why people do not consider "dipping" cleaning. Since you worked at NGC right? did you generally slab dipped examples? Thanks for your input. Jacob
Jacob, forget about the hairlines, as they often don't show up in images. Look at the face and the fields on the obverse - the luster/sheen doesn't look right, or even subdued, as it might if the coin had just been dipped. Here's an NGC MS65 to show you what a high quality example looks like and below it is an AU50, which probably has been dipped but still looks very different from the one in this thread - I hope this will help, at least a little bit:
yes i think i can tell what you are talking about the Cleaned coin looks almost greenish tint and looks reflective. Also how the color looks different underneath the letters which looks more like the ms-65. Is this correct?
Yes, I am speaking of the semi-reflective appearance, which is completely unnatural. It looks as if it has been polished or buffed.
ty for the advice mark. Since you were a grader at NGC could yo tell me if obviously dipped examples of coins would get graded or sent to be BB'ed?
You're most welcome. Dipping alone, will not prevent a silver or gold coin from being graded, as opposed to body-bagged. I singled out silver and gold coins because dipping more reactive) nickel and copper coins can more easily result in an unnatural appearance which will cause a coin to be body bagged. Even a silver or gold coin, if over-dipped, however, can result in a body-bag.
