Whizzed and polished to death!
Features like this (and like all the bumps) in coins after 1982 are bubbles or blisters due to the plating process...hence the term crappy Zincolns.
Why not put all of us on your ignore list?
OK, the mint mark is a D but it has a die chip in the middle making it look like a blob.
Looks more like damage from a rolling machine. See the semi circular marks on the field too?
It will cost you $50 or so to have it slabbed, and even then they would probably just body bag it instead of slabbing it. Put it in a slab...
I don't think this was in answer to your question. You have to start your own thread!
Would buying it at a large coin show increase your probability of getting an authentic coin?
When you ask someone to look at a forrest, don't expect them to see a particular tree.
Been discussed several times...sometimes they go up (cherrypicking), sometimes they go down, sometimes they stay the same.
I think my eyes have become crossed...
I would say no, but would like to see what the rag pickers :) say
Usually people completely clean coins before worrying about verdigris. You have a lot more soaking and brushing before you have to worry. Search...
so...what is class 9?
Looks normal to me
Hmmm according to this it was pretty close https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/5250/2016-W-Mercury-Dime/
Hey...merchandising [ATTACH]
you funny guy...
Could get saliva from the "spitting" eagle
Where are you thinking of moving?
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