Lot 222
1795 Flowing Hair Half Dime. Sharpness of EF-40 but harshly cleaned and retoned. The surfaces have been etched by a severely caustic environment, some sort of acid bath, where the coin was cleaned by some uninformed sub-human drone. Later, someone made the best of it by toning with blues, russets and gold color to cover over the surface problems. One that requires inspection, as it appears mint state to the unaided eye, but a glass soon tells the tale. A common hoard coin.
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| Realized $978 |
