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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Baltimoron, post: 1954441, member: 71554&quot;]Fair -- the obverse is certainly rougher.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would corrosion eat away less dense features of the coin before more dense?&nbsp; I would think yes.&nbsp; Periods and the &quot;berry&quot; features of the wreath are going to be more dense by the nature of the die strike that creates them - hence why they are left behind -- it takes longer for verdigris to eat away at them.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the reverse -- what you call lumps of corrosion is obviously a sprig pattern.&nbsp; And yes, the lumps of corrosion beneath it seem to match the shape of the C and T in CENT, as the most identifiable.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m guessing I won&#039;t convince anyone who doesn&#039;t fade in and out the opacity slider on the PXDs.&nbsp; Has anyone done that?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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