That is an amazing score.... Congratulations....
We can tell nothing from that picture.
Acetone cannot harm metal...it is an organic solvent. That 'residue' is strange... almost as if it has been puttied.... but the residue should...
Dip it in acetone, alcohol rinse... the shadowing should disappear...
Those spots are verdigris... a reaction that copper has to oxidation.... You can try Verdicare... or, soak it in olive oil and use a rose thorn to...
Die scratch, it is raised....
It appears to be either a slight case of machine doubling or die erosion... quite common on these coins.
All the coins shown are AT...... there are many different processes and can be done quickly.... Well done AT coins are even in TPG slabs....
AT and a poor job of it.... There are an abundance of AT coins on the market because of the premiums.... Profiteering has no ethics...
Don't y'all mean IBE???
Congratulations... nice find.
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Great score.... wish I could find a bank with a bag of halves...
Yes..that is PMD.... those zincolns get damaged really easy....
Looks like machine doubling to me....
You can do the specific gravity test, but you will just waste your time... if it fails the weight/dimensions standards, it is not silver.
Tarnish.... looks like it was a dug coin.... I have seen nickels come out of the ground looking like that... prior contamination caused the...
Machine doubling... not a DDO...
If the dimensions are correct (i.e. thickness, diameter) and it weighs 5.7 grams, it is not silver... the edge may just be smeared covering the...
Yep...spooned... While in the Navy, out at sea, we used to do that with halves mainly....
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