Found in a bag of Eisenhowers today, not worth much but interesting anyway. Having searched many thousands of Ikes this is by far the most worn coin I've seen. Maybe somebody's long time pocket piece.
Oh wow, that's awesome. Like @hotwheelsearl suggested, if you could get that in PCGS plastic with a PO01 grade, you'd be able to make some money off it from a lowball collector. Cool find!
true, but will the TPGs slab it as such without a visible date? Or will the lack of date, even with the unique design, render it unslabbable?
If they can determine the date an mint mark from an identifying unique feature they will still slab it. If a date and mint mark cannot be determined they won't which is one of the things that makes the PO1 grade so hard to get.
It might be a weak strike. I've heard them called set-up strikes. Since it has all those pit-holes, I don't think it was buffed to that state. There is no way it was worn to that state. I have a Kennedy that I believe was a weak strike, but it's in the bank with my halves, and no photo. As I remember, it was not as dramatic as your Ike though. My Kennedy as a large cheek dimple which I believe was caused by lack of metal flow. I believe, I see weak spots on your Ike; at the rear of the head and at the chin.
Possibly those 'weak spots' are phenomena caused by the lighting in the picture? With light from a different angle...? Also, wouldn't a weak/set-up strike have reeded edges? this coin's reeds are worn smooth:
I'm not sure about the "adjustment strike" suggestion. Let's think about it a little more. I have a couple of thoughts about it. 1) NCG says the reeding can be absent. See the link to their site. https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/1115/ 2) If the coin was altered, why is there a thick raised metal band below Ike's head?See the attachment. The entire reverse shows this raised band. The altered coin theory does not account for this. The field at the rim should not be higher than that at the device. So If the coin has a raised surface at the rim, it would seem to me to prove the adjustment strike theory. 3) One more try for a weak strike. Is there a dimple in the center of the bell? See attachment. After all that, I just convinced myself that this is a adjustment strike. Look at your edge on view. You see raised metal all around the rim, and a concave field profile to the device. I say definitely not an altered coin.
No I don't see a dimple, only a little staining or a slight difference in the luster/reflectivity in that area
