O.K. About the East & West coast things. There is the Mississippi River that runs between both mints. Wich makes the distribution a little uneven...
I have to go with FISH on this one. I also been through many o' Injians, an lived to write about it. It's a common form of corrosive remnant.
It's obvious that some type of work has been done on this coin, or this guy has a delorean with a flux capacitor design...
My opinion would be about AU52 to AU54, with damage. Which would be rejected by some grading companies, however the coin does show signs of a weak...
Oh man, I agree, Some are very difficult. I have 2 original 1958 whitman indian head books in excellent condition, and they were quite the task...
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