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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 7294706, member: 101855&quot;]Before you go off the deep end talking about cleaned and other problems, you should realize that late die states can result in coins that look like they have problems when they don&#039;t. Rusty dies were not unusual in the Philadelphia heat and humidity. </p><p><br /></p><p>Even as late as the 1850s, this was a problem. Many 1854 Type II gold dollars were struck with a rusty obverse. die. If you look at the coin with a strong glass, you will see the raised spots which would lead some people to say that the coin is counterfeit, which is not the case. Remember rust pits on the die result in raised spots on the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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