Read and learn - http://www.amazon.com/Coin-Chemistry-Including-Cleaning-Preservation/dp/0971392471
Lucky you! NICE SNAG!
Beautiful! It all has to do with the thickness of the silver sulfide layer. It doens't "flow", it just deposits at a different rate.
That pretty well sums it up! :D As for the coin....I LIKE IT! :thumb:
Normal, but damaged coin.
The thrill is in the hunt! I own a few slabbed coins, but I prefer raw.....in a way slabbed coins are cheating.:p
Actually, I'm not a big error/variety collector, I just have a few and mostly non-photographed....so don't get too excited. LOL
Very good observation! It's an odd anomoly and I don't know why it's there. In 1990 the mint produced new master hubs (both obverse and reverse)...
LOL! Most people aren't interested in the memorial cents. I'm always met with "they made billions". My response is: "yea, but 99% of those...
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