Honestly, if this Bust, Small Eagle AU Dollar was yours. . .

[braddick]

Wouldn't you take the time to have it currated?

I can't help but think the buyer will and thus the seller is leaving money on the table.

 

Teletrade LINK to AT'ed AU50 1795 Dollar

[physics-fan3.14]

It's already in an NCS slab, so it might not be possible to curate it. Or if it is conserved, it might leave something really ugly behind. I wouldn't necessarily assume that the seller is just too cheap or lazy to fix it, especially when we are talking about such a high dollar coin.

[jtryka]

But the colors are sooo pretty!

[bsshog40]

CURATE?

[MikeKing]

I love this coin. I wish I could see it in person to understand why they say 'AU Details'. How much do you think this could go for?

[MarkFeld]

I think it looks pretty nice as is and who knows what it might look like after the fact? Artificial color is almost always there for a "good" reason, and frequently that reason is to cover up another problem .

[braddick]

Good points, all. I thought there might be a way NCS could rid the coin of the AT and still leave (somewhat) natural surfaces- enough at least to get it into an NGC holder.

If so, it's a super big coin. Remaining in the AT NCS problem net holder only makes it a semi-big coin, IMHO.

 

Could be a several thousand dollar difference.

[gmarguli]

Barring a large unnoted problem, I suspect this coin will be in a legit TPG slab in a matter of months. I suspect the blue toning is too vibrant in person and that someone will darken it up and get it slabbed.

[TomB]

If I were to sink my money into that coin it would be with the idea to strip off the peacock blue and replace it with a more uniform and deeper grey and auburn mix with darker tints near the rims.

[braddick]

Tom, The words, "strip" and "Peacock" shouldn't be used in the same post! Please!!

[TomB]

Sorry, Pat. I hadn't meant anything by their proximity to one another.

[James_OldeTowne]

Barring a large unnoted problem, I suspect this coin will be in a legit TPG slab in a matter of months. I suspect the blue toning is too vibrant in person and that someone will darken it up and get it slabbed.

I agree with Greg. Assuming it isn't hairlined to death underneath that patina, this coin will definitely get into a "no problem" slab at some point.

 

If it were my coin, I wouldn't have it curated, because then it might end up being pasty white, and I can't stand a pasty white bust coin.

[jman425]

why would someone give it AT in the first place ? possible that the coin was dipped and came out too bright ?