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If it is for your own personal satisfaction, then clean away. Yes it is clean now, but I advise you not to clean ANY coin unless that is how you...
But, hypothetically, if there was anything special about the coin, cleaning it like that makes it virtually worthless.
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So, from a dirty, stained Zincoln, to a harshly cleaned Zincoln now full of hairline scratches. Was there a reason for cleaning it?
I would say die deterioration doubling as evident with the pronounced radial flow lines.
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The metal of each coin struck is moving against the die surface as it fills in the deeper parts, normally located at the centre of the coin,(bust...
Please experiment with your light sources and try to capture the MM very clearly without blurring. Looks like VAM 5 but need to see the die...
My best advice to you is to research and read about the minting process, from the punching out of the blanks to the struck coin,and how dies are...
The coinage act of 1946 changed the composition from .500 silver to .750 copper/.250 nickel, but the weight remained the same
Canadian 5 Cents English pre-decimal coinage half penny, one penny and one shilling
Obverse: Good strike, plenty of luster. Die polishing lines and bag marks shouldn't be much of a detractor, but the ding on her nose and the lumpy...
Machine doubling. You can see on some of the lettering where it has narrowed the original width. And on other devices you see it on both sides,...
Hi and welcome to CT. The earliest starting point I could find was 1586-1803 on Numista. For subsequent dates use their search function. There...
Certainly being that close to, and from rim to rim it had every potential to become a full cud if the die deteriorated further there
Out of curiosity, where do you see a cud?
Also, they could have retired the die before it disintegrated further to form a cud
Seems to be a die crack rim to rim there and also looks to have a die chip joining the ME in America
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