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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 4070592, member: 27832&quot;]Depends on all sorts of things.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes, oblique lighting (exaggerating relief on all the coin&#039;s features) will help.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes magnification helps.</p><p><br /></p><p>For many series, you can look for die markers and such to identify some dates. (For example, it&#039;s not hard to tell whether a very slick Type I Standing Liberty quarter is 1916 or 1917, even if the date is completely gone.)</p><p><br /></p><p>For cupronickel coins, you can sometimes etch them to restore the date, although you&#039;re left with a damaged coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>For silver, a few people swear it&#039;s sometimes possible to restore the date, but results are spotty.</p><p><br /></p><p>For some coins, no, there isn&#039;t anything you can do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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