Heavy die wear. I have seen these coins go for upwards of $20. The auctions often tout the item as "rare" or other choice adjectives, despite this...
The coin has been damaged. You can see where there was a scrape that displaced metal on the coin, pushing the letters closer together.
Who said no original luster? In the first post, detecto said "appears to have mint luster remaining". Just because it doesn't exhibit the...
Maybe an electrotype?
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That mark above lincoln's head on the "reverse" worries me...
The missing base is probably due to die polishing. I don't see any evidence of a double Lincoln.
I would say progressive indirect design transfer... http://error-ref.com/progressive-indirect-design-transfer-.html
I think it's PMD...
Thanks, it should still be fun. And probably best to go to a smaller coin show for my first show, wouldn't want to be completely overwhelmed and lost!
The luster isn't really "under" anything as far as I understand it. Read post 8 of this thread. Mint luster has to do with the surface topography...
Ok, and that has no mention of mint luster.
But again, where do you have verifiable proof that brown coins don't have mint luster? Just about any pic of a coin listed as MS BN would prove...
So then...comparing a slabbed coin and a raw coin wouldn't really be a good way to test your theory.
Just because a coin is slabbed does not mean it is 100% protected from toning and other environmental factors.
And it actually has a bid...
Not seeing much MD, but yes to split plating.
Ah man, you should go se we can meet up! :D (I don't know how far away it is for you, though...) Great writeup...sounds like it will be a lot of...
I think you are correct with the PMD assessment...I don't see clear evidence of a doubled die.
Thanks, Larry. That's good advice. I think there's 25 dealers there. I'm not sure if that constitutes as a lot, but I will take a bunch of...
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