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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7750898, member: 101855"]Coin B has the typical look for original surface Seated Dollars of this period. They spent most of their time in vaults were they got a lot of tarnish. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin A has been worked on to make it brighter. The work was not that bad, and I think the coin got a straight grade. </p><p><br /></p><p>It’s really a matter of preference. If you want to showcase the design better, it’s coin A. If you are a purist, go for coin B. I have owned coins from both camps and made out okay with them financially. The kicker is both of those coins were raw, and I handled them years ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7750898, member: 101855"]Coin B has the typical look for original surface Seated Dollars of this period. They spent most of their time in vaults were they got a lot of tarnish. Coin A has been worked on to make it brighter. The work was not that bad, and I think the coin got a straight grade. It’s really a matter of preference. If you want to showcase the design better, it’s coin A. If you are a purist, go for coin B. I have owned coins from both camps and made out okay with them financially. The kicker is both of those coins were raw, and I handled them years ago.[/QUOTE]
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