2007 gold George Washington dollar

yep

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

Good morning. Just a question. Not teaching but in the set of three coins together, comparing the three, the left one looks so different. I understand the finger print answer. Thanks.

 

hey @PamR yea that's fingerprints on your coins. super good pictures. good job! good luck to ya

 

What is so different about the coin on the left?

 

Thank you. Yes fingerprint.
I know the edges if writing on the edge, that face up, writing is right side up and others upside down.

 

His hair, etc. Unless it’s a harder strike. Just wanted to ask. I promise I have been studying lol.

 

Manganese brass reacts with the environment easily and in different ways. The end result is frequently an unpleasantly grey color.

The end-of-the-roĺl coins would have had less exposure to the roll paper outgasing but more exposure to the environment outside the roll...

 

Coins in the same roll are not typically sequential from a sngle press. One of the coins could have come from the die that clashed and was polished before being returned to use. Polishing removes the clash marks but also some finer detail.


Every coin travels a unique journey from the alloy (which could be improperly mixed or slightly different from batch to batch) to the striking (things that affect dies and machines and thus multiple coi s) to the time it reaches your hand.

 

You can't look at coins that have been in circulation, even for a short time, and think that their appearance should be exactly the same. Even coins that end up in the collection bins after they have been struck at the Mint can take on their own unique appearance.

 

Gotcha. Thanks!

 

Thank you! Very interesting and makes very good sense. Every coin is unique in its own way. Thanks again!

 

Thanks again. As I said to Burton. Makes clear sense. All coins are unique in their own their own way. I do have to get the scope that connects to my computer as someone suggested. I know and have learned more of what to look at. But all have their beauty in their own way, error or not. Ty!

 

Very roughly @PamR, you can focus on Mint State coins: Where you are looking to collect the most perfectly preserved example of the Mint's artistry.

Or you can focus on circulated coins - IMNSHO coins as they were intended to be used. In that realm, never lose the sense of wonder because people have used and abused coins in countless ways over the millennia.

Every time you think you understand the abuse people can do to coins, they find something new. How long after the locomotive was invented do you think it took for somebody to wonder what happens if I put a half-cent on the tracks in front of it...

i.e. you can never make something idiot-proof, the universe keeps inventing better idiots.

 

Very roughly @PamR, you can focus on Mint State coins: Where you are looking to collect the most perfectly preserved example of the Mint's artistry.

Or you can focus on circulated coins - IMNSHO coins as they were intended to be used. In that realm, never lose the sense of wonder because people have used and abused coins in countless ways over the millennia.

Every time you think you understand the abuse people can do to coins, they find something new. How long after the locomotive was invented do you think it took for somebody to wonder what happens if I put a half-cent on the tracks in front of it...

i.e. you can never make something idiot-proof, the universe keeps inventing better idiots.

 

What about, "What did the five fingers, say to the face?"?

I believe that is considered an exception, as well.

 

Understand! Most coins I have is from my dad. Have been going through some he had in his travels. And yes so many people abuse coins. The first two I found, one I presented to Fred. It was completely abused and altered and then a dipped penny. Learned a lot since then. So I pulled out coins of my dad’s. Beautiful foreign and U.S.A. Coins. Thanks a bunch!

 

Ouch! You hit hard! Lol.

 

Cuz not all mammal have thumbs if they have fingers. My dog has a hard time holding his beer at times

 

She’s probably the only one working

 

That’s good news. Thanks