There is no doubt the first one. It is a very nice looking AU. Have you checked them for RPD? The second looks to be one.
I am not sure what caused the color, But deep purples and red brown is a natural color for aged copper. As for anything else you are seeing. It...
This is all just damage.
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Take some photos of just the Quarter Both sides and the Third side. The edge. Your quarter could be Improperly annealed as Rick said. Where did...
Your 69S isn't rare. The San Francisco Mint made 544,375,000 of them.
It's environmental damage. An improperly mixed alloy even improperly annealed would not look this way.
There are known die characteristics that are part of each master die. I don't see anything special. You can always look and see these...
Not sure what you are seeing besides a well circulates wheat cent.
It really depends on the toning, I can only ask you though do you think a 2018 cent has had enough time to tone naturally or do you think it was...
You can take it however you want. I may have been busting but your method will easily ruin an otherwise nice coin. Your process is definitely on...
+1 nice find.
It is just the way it toned. Sometime these colors come from the coin being put through the laundry.
Definitely staining.
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The holder has a little bonus to it also. I'da paid up myself.
I don't think so, But we would definitely need better photos to help determine that.
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That's because Young mag was banned. Same member just different user. Still the same character. Anyways he still hasn't grasped the concept.
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