I have my thoughts on this piece. I wanted to throw it our there for discussion. Might be interesting. It came out of a bulk lot of wheats I bought from another dealer. Whaddaya think? Authentic, Messed Up, or Both??
okay, authentically messed up but not an authentic coin. Think about it: look at how strong that strike is, on a 'real' one, the strike is nearly always weak. (not counting the reverse). sorry, but, IMHO, no way, Jose.
possibly a 22D that was modified and then they attempted to "environmentally damage" the coin to cover it up and get extra money as a filler but thet let it go too far. Totally speculation Richard
Definitely messed up and because of this it's hard to tell if it is authentic or has been messed with on purpose for deceiptful reasons.
Looks to me like a coin that spent a lot of time in the ground and was cleaned with a wire brush. An ordinary wire brush, like a painter would use, has a tendency to leave behind black deposits like that. The white could be anything from the ground.
Doug, I just assumed it was solder, but you could very well be correct. The white is definitely some sort of metal, It is very shiny compared to the rest of the coin. My original thoughts is that this probably was an weak D 1922 D at best. The second 2 is much more clear in hand, but that is probably a result of the corrosion and the edge protecting it a little.
Hit it with a torch, if that's solder it'll come off in about 15 seconds. And you sure aren't going to hurt that coin any.
My guess is that some old timer, used to put flux on the penny and then stick his dirty soldering gun on top to clean, thus all the punctures. Watson!.... The game is afoot !!!! Traci
