I'll bet you a bottle of wine at Fun that I'm right. Oh wait, you won't be there. That's ok. You can buy next year.:D
It's just as bad with Vodka.:D
I forgot to say, Welcome to the fun at CT.
We passed so many coins around the table over the years at Fun, I forgot what coin that was. This is the 1955. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I believe it's called a game piece.
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One more. Depth of field was too short and lighting on the rim was dark. [ATTACH]
I'll start with this one and add more this evening. If you wish, tell us what you could have done better with the image. This one is just a tad...
The eye looks normal. The rest looks to be damage. Nice image. [ATTACH]
Same here.
I think it's real but this is not my field.
From coinfacts. [ATTACH]
I finally took some images of this thing. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It's a sure thing that this is post mint damage. We can only guess what tools were used to create it.
Why does this happen with only some dies? Were the dies not treated/hardened properly or was the press not setup correctly? Too much pressure or...
Great images.
I'm thinking the same.
Just damage.
To me it's an AU. Nice coin at a great price.
I don't see a way to tell from the images but I'll trust PCGS is close.
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