I'm below 65, but could concede 5 full steps.
How's life?
I would guess fake.
Probably just rough handling, being thrown in with other metal objects.
Nah, John Belushi on that coin :)
Don't need to/can't delete account (unless you tee off Peter or Doug) just quit posting or keep posting. The world will keep on turning.
That's an interesting look...
I'm guessing environmental damage.
Impropriety and ed...no comment :)
I've noticed how much more stuff shows up on photos...note to self, avoid looking into cameras...
Here we go...junk box find [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That's why I like CT soooooooooooo much, I get to find out about coins and things I have no knowledge of or might not (currently) collect.
[ATTACH] I saved it and posted it with the "Upload a File" option.
A professional would likely throw it back into the pile...
AFAIK slabs do little to protect against bronze disease. I am not in favor of encapsulating an ancient coin, unless it is very valuable and there...
Yup, looks like die doubling to me, complete with notching. Just seems like something that many collectors of World Coins are not sensitive to....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feuchtwanger_Cent
Looking forward to tomorrow's pic...
I have treated the entire surface of copper/bronze coins with VC just to preserve them, and have notice it wipe away a lot of green that I wan't...
Google "gold and silver pennies" high school chem experiment to plate some zinc onto a penny and either polish/buff it out to make a "silver"...
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