If that is repeated on the back, it would be an off-center strike, but not enough to make it valuable. If it is only on the front, it is a MAD...
Calm down, no one said it was ugly. Rainbow toning is more to most people's taste, but I kind of like your coins. Would I pay a premium...probably...
If you treat it with VerdiCare and it comes off it was verdigris, if it stays on, it was patina, but you are now protected in any case...right...
Proof coins are made from blanks that are cleaned and polished, they are then struck on special presses that are higher pressure and are struck...
Hmmm...gotta keep going to those garage sales.
I'd go 62
I agree, that was my first thought.
Hadn't considered paint, could be. First give it a hot water soak overnight or for a day or so and then (after dry) give it an acetone soak/bath.
What kind of metal detector did you use...:)
I'll go out on a limb and call it a patina.
Congratulations
Entry Post: Друг I would love to have the Russian wire money. Harper...Come Home!
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Someone who was bothered by some of the comments about their coins...
One of the members who quit posting here still periodically contacts me for my opinion and I sometimes ask here for them. Is this any sort of an...
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Are you in India?
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I'm guessing $2-3
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