I'll go 63 as well.
I'll go with 63. Nice coin.
I'll guess it graded 63.
It's not possible to know what has happened to the coin. It's just damaged.
Sorry. Just damage.
Soak it in water for a while. Next soak it in acetone for a few hours. Hold off on the Q-tip
Nice find. It will be fun.
I may be wrong but I feel the flattened horizontal lines were caused by the dies being clashed. If you go to CoinFacts and look at the images for...
I'll guess the second one graded higher.
Copper is going to change color for so many reasons, they can't be listed. I still feel it's normal stuff. With spots, my first thought is...
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I missed that grade. There was this really hot lady I was chasing. :D Most folks involved with coins call this type of thing toning. Looking...
But they have always used the same standards.;) That's what they tell us.
These little things are tough to grade even in person. It's just a guess what the services will call them.
We just don't agree on what whizzed is. No big deal. I like the term messed with.:)
Say again in normal English.
That's not the look I would call whizzed. Not even close.
Normal stuff with copper.
It looks like a normal coin to me.
It looks like the 1862/1 overdate to me.
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