The coin was rubbed (or wiped) by someone or something along the way. Damage is damage, regardless how it occurred. You cannot undo the damage.
How? By more rubbing and wiping? You cannot undo damage. Once damaged, always damaged.
ANA Summer Seminar - two weeks every summer in Colorado Springs - has a course for practically anything a collector (or dealer) would need to...
I know nothing about your camera. Try looking in your owner's manual or on-line.
I agree. If your background is white your white balance is off because the background appears to be brown in your photos.
Rubbing and wiping a coin are forms of mechanical cleaning that will almost always damage the surface of the coin.
I would spend it.
Very nice. I like good clashing. The thinner the coin the more common clashing is.
It's the rim that is missing. Looks like PMD to me. The coin may have been encased or squeezed in some other device.
If it was a dime planchet wouldn't it be 90% silver instead of bronze?
Looks MS but hard to see many details from the photos. Can you take it out of the 2X2 and retake the photos? Larger photos would help.
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That's unfortunate. The damage is in the prime focal area. Luckily it is a low-grade coin. Many collectors would not want this coin because they...
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Nope. Nephew won't be coming. He is not quite at the advanced level of coin photography.
Improper cleaining can damage a coin. Sure, the coin may look "clean" and "bright" to the untrained eye but a knowledgeable collector will notice...
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'Making The Grade' (by the publisher of Coin World) has what you are looking for.
Is it a dug coin? I'm guessing "Environmental Damage - No Grade".
Ron, You aren't that far from the Springs. Have you considered attending Summer Seminar? (You have to be an ANA member to attend.) The tour is...
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