1946S Washington Quarter

Sorry JOE I lost track i thought he was talking about my wife:headbang:



THE OTHER JOE

jazzcoins Joe

 

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LOL! You are JazzyJoe, I think I am just plain old Joe!

 

Jazz Joe , my wife won't let me touch her Brillo pads anymore either
rzage:thumb:

 

Come on Joe...you can see those hairlines like the rest of us

Ruben

 

Ok, now I am confused! Which Joe?

 

Don't be confused Joe ,you are the Joe with the coin so , don;t you know it can;t be me, so what do you think now Joe, holly mow I;m really getting caried away I better Go so now you know Joe what Joe is Joe so what do you think now Bro.

Jazzcoins i don;t know

 

lol!

 

Good ole southern joe who likes to tick off his inlaws

Ruben

 

My guess is die polish. It would be awfully hard to whiz or steel wool the coin fields without having some of it showing up on the higher devices. Can't see in the pics any scratch marks on Washingtons cheeks which leads me to believe harsh die polish. Just my humble opinion.

 

The reason I figured die polish is one of probability. Let's assume the coin was loaded with carbon spots, or fingernail polish, or in the ground and/or many other contamination kinds. What is the probability that it was ONLY contaminated in the fields and not on the raised letters and/or Georgie himself??? Not likely in most instances. Which would necessitate whizzing all over the coin to clean the surfaces. Could it happen???? Yes, but the probability is very small IMHO.

 

Another very valid point GDJMSP!

(Humor ahead) They had a shift change at the Mint in the middle of polishing and left handed Louie finished the polishing. No offense to anyone named Louie here!!!

Very interesting thread of possibilities here. )

 

So here is a question that hasn't been addressed..... what is the grade? Aside from the strong possiblity that it was cleaned in a past life, what would you all grade it? Personally, I was thinking AU58, possibly MS60 because of the wear on Washington's head and neck and some rubs on the reverse on the breast and wings. Most likely AU58 dipped. Thoughts?

 

but it is so harshly cleaned...