It could be bleached, or it could have undergone errors on multiple printing steps. There appears to be light remnants of both the black...
Neil Musante recently wrote a 2 volume work: Medallic Washington that received excellent reviews (E-Sylum had reviews from Salley and Kraljevich)....
Kagin is a dealer and expert on Pioneer gold. Can't say anything about his investment book, but he has been a legit dealer for years
Just looks like random environmental damage
It's too hard to tell what they are from your pic, but there doesn't appear to be anything that looks interesting. The best thing to do is take a...
Sorry to say, but it's pretty much shot. The surface under the corrosion layer will more than likely be pitted and discolored. You could try...
It does ruin the nickel. I did this with other acids years ago on dateless coins with mintmarks. Found some better dates but they are only...
I was almost convinced I saw some of the stars from the drapery to the right of the arrows in the last pic, but the overlay sealed it
As was stated earlier in the thread, what's the weight and whats the edge look like? It's highly unlikely it's silver, but that's what you need...
Nice. Always great to add a book to the library, particularly a signed one.
The following comments recommendations are only meant to be helpful. Learn as much as you can about the minting process - There is a lot more...
Sorry, missed your wink
I also think it's PMD. I can't picture a scenario where only the a portion of the metal would be pushed out and away from the coin without...
Don't let the snarky comments get to you. Sometimes people forget what it was like to be a new collector. Can't add anything to Chris' comment...
I'm leaning towards die cracks as well, but not entirely convinced. However, nothing else looks like a better fit
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