"Conservation" is different than "cleaning" it removes the crud w/out turning your piece into a pink token-supposedly.
I'm in the 55group...
Photos are useless but it appears to have been scraped by a snowplow/road grader/ect. PMD period...
PMD,took a hit in the bank bag and became corroded afterwards. A spender Sheila....
It's just an example of the results of "dumbing down" of the population. Gave a teller a seated liberty coin to look at the other day and she...
Red Spork,you did a great job on the photos of this one,congrats on this beautiful find!
Fred, great looking coin,love the artwork involved in this piece!.....
May very well be,I've heard them called "Slamazon" more than once by the kids.
Nice looking "goodies" keep plugging and before you know it you'll be done!
65-the nick in the field and stair dings hurt it but nice toning...
Nice looking job!
I got pretty much the same effect from a wire brush on a bench grinder preparing old guns for "rebluing" when doing a little gunsmithing."Smears"...
Keep It if you paid only bullion for it you've already won!
Welcome Princess Lisa! Chris hit it on the nose,someone decided to remove the reverse details for some reason? If you find a "normal one"hang on...
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JA, The overwhelming factor here seems to be "monkey-see-do" GREED If one gets it the others follow in lock step behind.....
I am a member of the ANA and feel it's well worth joining just for the magazine "the Numismatist" and you can get a discount on my fav. magazine...
Everyone's finally realizing the weakness of "faith-based currency" occurs when it has none and want a shelter from the green toilet tissue.....
Gorgeous "Bustie" looks better than a 63 to me now. I love these, they remind me of my first GF...
Buyers who've never seen one before and are too lazy to do the research before purchase will always be funding Fleabay/Vlad's boys....
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