If you are anything like me you will want more desk space especially with a copy stand. [ATTACH] Watch out for the moisture and other oxidizers...
Nice 80S, and slab.
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/walking-liberty-half-dollar-1916-1947/733
If anything I might say linear plating blister. but it would have to be raised for that. I still think it is a stain, it is just extremely strait.
If you have any questions about slabbing coins or just after a good read this one is pretty good....
When the grading services first started they did not slab a coin as damaged or altered surfaces, Questionable color etc. Infact any coin that did...
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YEP!
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When a coin is struck through a foreign object. The area only shows a recess in the coins surface. The detail is that of what ever got in the way....
Shouldn't the impurity's be on top? Wouldn't a coin dip work? I thought gold was impervious to corrosion?
It was struck with a punch. I wonder how recent it was done or if there is some documentation on the mark. Could be someone just playing around....
Looks like a stain, just weird I thought it may have been dipped in something, but no line on the reverse?
There isn't any posted?
Did you check for displaced metal?
Find some MS examples to look at. On the obverse the hand is the highest point. even some MS examples do not have a full hand, the next area to...
If you are interested in restoration/conservation. Try the search box in the upper right hand of the screen. It is too bad that you couldn't get...
T Thanks for the link Dan.
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