I went to a coin show this past April with an intention to pick up a seated dime, quarter and half. The seated half was purchased on the second and last day of the show. More than half of the dealers that day had already packed and gone. The seated half that I bought was originally priced at $25 and he had a 20% off sale. I offered $15 and he accepted with some resent. There are some lines going across the coin but they aren't horizontal. They are only viewable at a certain angle which makes me think that the coin is lightly cleaned. The pictures were taken in natural lighting. (Obverse) (Reverse)
If you'd like to know how we know, just look at all of those horizontal hairlines that reflect white light back to the camera. That, coupled with the fact that the fields of that coin are at the bare silver while the edges of the devices have some crud built up around them leads us to assume that someone wiped it clean with something pretty harsh.
Cleaned/conserved is okay, but that coin has been HARSHLY CLEANED. That said, at the right price, any coin is welcome in my collection, at least it isn't holed and no major rim dings.
Do you think $15 was a good price? Personally after realizing that it's cleaned I'm not so sure it is
That's what I was thinking. If I include that it's a slightly rotated die and it has a die clash someone's bound to bite
I don't know about $15. I can't grade it more than AG, which is worth around $10. But, like tmoneyeagles stated, someone may bite. Either way, if you paid $15, not an expensive lesson. As for the rotated die, although it would be rare on a modern coin, I don't remember seeing a seated coin that wasn't slightly rotated.
