A mystery Bessie...

Discussion in 'Coin Roll Hunting' started by Kurisu, Mar 3, 2023.

  1. Kurisu

    Kurisu Well-Known Member

    Found this a couple weeks ago.
    I was going through a bunch of solid Loomis rolls of Bessies when they finally showed up for me.
    ALL of them blast white...
    Then this showed up.
    A beautiful light olive yellowish with a wonderful speckle of rainbow.
    It's so perfectly completely consistently toned on the Bessie side and it's the only one out of thousands that has some milk spots...these coins are brand new.
    Makes me think it didn't happen in the wild...
    Anyone have any thoughts about this?!

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  3. Mountain Man

    Mountain Man Well-Known Member

    That is odd. One out of a whole roll that were blast white? Wonder how that happened.
    Someone at the third party rolling center came up short one quarter, so they fished one out from somewhere else and threw it in?
     
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  4. Kurisu

    Kurisu Well-Known Member

    One out of dozens and dozens of blast white fresh rolls.
    Thought maybe it was an improperly annealed for a second until I saw the color and that it's only on one side. That toning covers the Bessie side 100% perfectly which is why it doesn't seem like it simply came into contact with something along the way. These coins are super fresh and haven't really had the time to tone like that either.
     
  5. LakeEffect

    LakeEffect Average Circulated

    Odd, since those coins are very new ... maybe it fell out of the press and spent a few weeks on the floor before somebody fished it out and threw it back in the hopper. ???
     
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