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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hotwheelsearl, post: 7848718, member: 75143&quot;]Not US, but often in ancients and medievals environmental damage is either pretty, interesting, or both.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a half-moon shaped area of corrosion on the obverse of this coin.</p><p>My guess: there was another coin that was laying directly on the surface of the obverse. The exposed portion at the edge of the coin made contact with acidic soil or saltwater, while the rest of the coin was completely preserved.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe not pretty, but incredibly interesting from an archaeological perspective.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1351388[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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