Whoa....that's plain scary! P-01 corroded! LOL
Glue, epoxy or residue.....PMD.
Normally, these are simply chemically striped of copper and the surfaces look obviously cleaned and dull. However, the OP coin appears to still...
Very nice coins!
Some more toning:
Here's some light toning:
OUCH! Probably silver polish and a rag....what a shame.
That's a looker! NICE COIN!
It was close for me, I thought there was a good chance at 63. Looks like a lot of the high scorers passed on this one.
NICE! And look at the luster on that puppy!
Exactly my thinking as well.....saved me some typing. LOL
Looks to have been dipped, the black toning around the reverse devices seem to indicate places where the toning was not fully removed.
That is an added S mint mark fake. There's no serif on the upper part of the S. It's also been harshly cleaned.
When addressing a surface problem, always follow the solvent polarity ladder. Soak for an hour in each of the following or until the problem is...
WOW! That's an absolute KNOCKOUT! Exactly how a coin of that age should look...nice man. I know little about these, but is that an AU or EF...
Crazy luster! Is that a field hit or a slab scratch in front of his nose? It makes all the difference for this one.
Blazer bump!
I lucked out again, these NGC 66 or 67 grades are pretty much pure guesses. Thanks again for this RLM, fun as always!
Oh yea....2 lucky guesses in a row this round! :)
VERY nice coin Lance!
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