Verdigris on a red coin is a death sentence. It forms quite differently from that on a brown coin, i.e. there's no patina to offer (at least some)...
COOL COIN! I love interesting coins like this. The obverse POPS...almost looks like a reverse cameo! The reverse has some cool die cracks and it...
Whoa....harsh grade IMO.
No surprize there....beautiful example!!
What's going on with the forehead/temple area? Looks like a struck-thru and retained piece of metal or a die crack? It's hard to tell with that...
Thanks Everyone!
1910 - MS details, corroded 1918 - MS63/64RB
That's not damage, it's a cud. Thanks Everyone!
Ef-40
More guesses please bump!
Bump for some more guesses please.
It looks great in hand now, there's not a trace of PVC left. My pictures do these morgans no justice. I wanted to use toluene to remove all...
They're a lot tougher than you might think. I once found a PR-65 Lincoln in Brinks roll (from a box)....I was amazed, it looked real good still.
Jump in and play the game with us if you're so confident. :) Once you're ranked in the top 5 we'll show respect to your opinions. :D In the mean...
For those that I know are going to ask, here's what I did: 1) Sonicate for 10 minutes in reagent grade acetone. 2) Rinse thoroughly with fresh...
PVC removed! Now my lighting changed from the original pictures, so hard to exactly reproduce.
As the others said, most coins in these proof rolls are substandard. However, my local dealer does make rolls by blindly opening tons of proof...
WOW! That's a neat and interesting piece Matt. Thanks for sharing!
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