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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 555746, member: 2972&quot;]The hair is weakly struck, like many/most of this issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;rubbing&quot; you are seeing is the darkening that naturally happens to a copper piece that saw circulation.&nbsp; The worn areas, particularly if the coin spent a long time in circuation, become dark.&nbsp; By way of example, look at circulated original all-copper Lincolns and you will see this same effect.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m at a bit of a loss to explain the &quot;porous&quot; look of the area -- could have been on the original planchet (remember these were made in the 1830&#039;s!), it could also be artifacts from sharpening a photo then enlarging it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Respectfully...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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