Coin dipping identification

[The Ledford Collection]

This is my first post so I will apologize in advance if I am not following proper protocol. I recently purchased a 1886s morgan dollar off of eBay. The coin did look dull but I purchased it anyway. It has a grainy almost lightly sandblast look to it and I am wondering if this indicates dipping or could there be a natural way for it to appear this way. I will attempt to post pictures. Thanks in advance, I enjoy reading posts on this board.

[copper toning]

A picture of the whole coin would help.

 

Congrats on your 1st post and not a bad pic either

[cpm9ball]

Welcome to the neighborhood!

 

Yes, photos of the whole coin, both obverse and reverse, would help.

 

Chris

[TonerGuy]

Welcome...

[The Ledford Collection]

Thanks for the quick reply's! I have uploaded both sides of the coin.

[Mark T]

The coin looks to have been harshly cleaned ,

[bsshog40]

Welcome to the forum. Yep agree, lots of cleaning hairlines. A harsh cleaning that took the luster out also. Still worth silver though.

[Coindude]

That's not an MS coin. If you paid more than $17 for it you should try and return it. Welcome to the boards btw.

[The Ledford Collection]

i thought so. Thanks for all the help, I will try returning but I'm afraid I procrastinated too long!

[Raisethis2]

Agreed,

 

The coin clearly shows evidence of cleaning with multiple scratches and no hint of luster or cartwheel. It's probably not worth much more than bullion unless you need it to fill a hole in a book.

 

If you can ship it back (assuming you paid too much), consider that.

 

 

Welcome to the boards.

[rrantique]

Welcome...

[michael]

welcome to the boards

 

keep it as an el cheapo lesson learned..............................

 

silver will be back up in a few years and the coin will be worth more than you paid even for silver value

 

 

[johnny9434]

welcome to the forums

[rockhobby]

welcome to the forums

 

 

 

Doug

[grip]

Welcome to the boards. ..And all the above.