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<p>[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 2469135, member: 1765"]It's the top left (i.e., first) badge on my sash. Got in in 1977, my Eagle some years later. Remember that this is introductory material for kids. Use some silver quarters to show what a problem-free uncirculated coin looks like contrasted against a few examples of the same date that show why you shouldn't mess with coins, including polished, whizzed, overdipped (bake a coin in paper, dip, repeat), eraser-scrubbed, all the sorts of thing a beginner might try or be taken by. I suppose you could make a "clown paint and smurf vomit" AT coin, but then you'll end up discussing toning for a long time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 2469135, member: 1765"]It's the top left (i.e., first) badge on my sash. Got in in 1977, my Eagle some years later. Remember that this is introductory material for kids. Use some silver quarters to show what a problem-free uncirculated coin looks like contrasted against a few examples of the same date that show why you shouldn't mess with coins, including polished, whizzed, overdipped (bake a coin in paper, dip, repeat), eraser-scrubbed, all the sorts of thing a beginner might try or be taken by. I suppose you could make a "clown paint and smurf vomit" AT coin, but then you'll end up discussing toning for a long time.[/QUOTE]
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