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<p>[QUOTE="johnny54321, post: 674791, member: 13342"]<font face="Arial">Ok, so I received my AU-58 seated half in the mail. Very pleased overall as the coin has nearly full luster, great details and pleasing toning. It does have quite a few circulation hairlines; but it is very nice overall. A few interesting things going on on the reverse. First off, there is what appears to be a very strong die clash right below the eagle's right wing, as pointed out by some of our astute members. Then, around the same area, there are little bits of raised metal kind of circling the outline of the eagle. These areas are not corrosion, or pits from PVC damage as the metal is raised on the surface. Also these areas are fully lustrous. My first thought is that it was struck from a rusting die? Or maybe there was some wandering metal flow? It's quite interesting, and doesn't detract from the look imo. Opinions?</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnny54321, post: 674791, member: 13342"][FONT=Arial]Ok, so I received my AU-58 seated half in the mail. Very pleased overall as the coin has nearly full luster, great details and pleasing toning. It does have quite a few circulation hairlines; but it is very nice overall. A few interesting things going on on the reverse. First off, there is what appears to be a very strong die clash right below the eagle's right wing, as pointed out by some of our astute members. Then, around the same area, there are little bits of raised metal kind of circling the outline of the eagle. These areas are not corrosion, or pits from PVC damage as the metal is raised on the surface. Also these areas are fully lustrous. My first thought is that it was struck from a rusting die? Or maybe there was some wandering metal flow? It's quite interesting, and doesn't detract from the look imo. Opinions?[/FONT][/QUOTE]
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