Opinions please

Hi,
These two I recently bought here in Brazil, very low price, and great looking coins. The photo manipulation is restricted to enhance details to facilitate your assesment. Thank you.

 

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The 1880-O looks AU and possibly cleaned (the fields look clear compared to the areas around the devices which show toning and aging). The 1922-P looks AU/BU with lots of scratches and graffiti.

 

One more comment that shadow under liberty's eye and on the cheek (1st coin) is glue of a paper sticker that was attached to the coin and I carefully removed. I wont clean it because i dont know how to do it without ruin the coin.

 

Another angle witout direct light, looks more natural:

 

Yeah, typical of an older cleaning.

 

The 1922 is scratched.

 

The 1880-O looks AU-55 maybe 58 but I'm sure it's been cleaned at some point in the past. The 1922 IS scratched and easy to find. It would go for junk value I think. Glad you didn't pay a lot for them.

 

If you had to clean it, the best bet is a q-tip dipped in acetone. Drop the acetone on the affected area and let it set for a minute and see if it gently wipes off. Once done, rinse the coin in cold water.

I don't recommend cleaning - but I have removed junk this way in the past from circulated coins.

 

Whats a very low price? If less than 150 Reals for the pair, you've done well.

 

I think your 1880-O is the VAM 6A overdate. Not much of a premium in that condition, but still cool.

 

Thank you all for responses. I paid 40$ or 160 reais for both them.