The 2 coins "in question" aren't just cleaned, they are scrubbed. The two that you call cleaned still show some toning. Ring and color are not...
It is still worth 25 cents, but probably wouldn't work in any kind of machine because of the damage.
Sounds like a normal clad half dollar.
It is sort of a copy of a New Hampshire copper. The WM is for William Moulton who was authorized to make the coins. This is the basic pattern that...
Does it stick to a magnet?
Bobby Fuller Four is way better!
Actually The Confederacy struck four half dollars of this design. The original die was used after the war to make copies struck on genuine half...
Nothing unusual, until the 1980's all mintmarks were hand stamped into each individual die. Because of this there is wide variation in mintmark...
The "rough" spots on the S mint coin is rust.
You may see coins listed for that, but are they really selling for those prices? There are a lot of crazy prices listed on Etsy and Ebay but they...
Some of it may be rust spots forming on the steel. Steel coins were new to the mint and they had a lot of problems minting them. The...
They appear to be perfectly normal steel cents. They are collectable but definitely not worth having graded. Keep them as a memento of your...
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