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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 2228962, member: 19165&quot;]First, both of those are NGC. That&#039;s perfectly fine, but neither of the ones you linked is what you said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, I&#039;m not a fan of either of those. The 1846 is really, really dark. It may be perfectly original, and in hand it may be eye appealing - but those pictures show a coin that is too dark for my tastes. The 1840 has been dipped/cleaned at some point, and has retoned to the point of being &quot;market acceptable&quot; - which is a loosely applied term which means &quot;don&#039;t buy this thing, if you are a collector of taste.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, I don&#039;t see any Seated dollars in EF on Heritage right now that I would recommend buying. I will, however, show you several from the archives that have the look you want:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1872-1-xf40-ngc-ngc-census-57-340-pcgs-population-82-395-mintage-1-106-450-numismedia-wsl-price-for-problem-fre/a/131534-27519.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1872-1-xf40-ngc-ngc-census-57-340-pcgs-population-82-395-mintage-1-106-450-numismedia-wsl-price-for-problem-fre/a/131534-27519.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1872-1-xf40-ngc-ngc-census-57-340-pcgs-population-82-395-mintage-1-106-450-numismedia-wsl-price-for-problem-fre/a/131534-27519.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1860-o-1-xf40-pcgs-pcgs-population-74-1149-ngc-census-35-737-mintage-515-000-numismedia-wsl-price-for-problem-f/a/131526-29480.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1860-o-1-xf40-pcgs-pcgs-population-74-1149-ngc-census-35-737-mintage-515-000-numismedia-wsl-price-for-problem-f/a/131526-29480.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1860-o-1-xf40-pcgs-pcgs-population-74-1149-ngc-census-35-737-mintage-515-000-numismedia-wsl-price-for-problem-f/a/131526-29480.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1845-1-xf45-ngc-cac/a/1219-4816.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1845-1-xf45-ngc-cac/a/1219-4816.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1845-1-xf45-ngc-cac/a/1219-4816.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1859-o-1-xf45-ngc-ngc-census-40-479-pcgs-population-84-662-mintage-360-000-numismedia-wsl-price-for-problem-fre/a/131513-29512.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1859-o-1-xf45-ngc-ngc-census-40-479-pcgs-population-84-662-mintage-360-000-numismedia-wsl-price-for-problem-fre/a/131513-29512.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1859-o-1-xf45-ngc-ngc-census-40-479-pcgs-population-84-662-mintage-360-000-numismedia-wsl-price-for-problem-fre/a/131513-29512.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If you can find one that looks like one of these, you&#039;ll be doing well. You want a nice, even, dove grey color in the fields, with slightly lighter high points, and a slightly darker color right around the devices and in the crevices. Circulated coin connoisseurs call this the &quot;tri-color&quot; look, or &quot;gem circulated cameo.&quot; It is the most appealing look for a VF-EF coin, and should be your target.</p><p><br /></p><p>Especially if you are collecting for type, don&#039;t settle for a sub-par, cleaned, problem coin, or a coin with visual impairments. Be patient, and seek out the absolute best coin you can find/afford. Good luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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