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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26245958, member: 101855&quot;]I have read that the planchets which were used for the 1799 cents were soaked in seawater before they arrived from England. It was common for ships to have some seawater in their holes, and if the planchets were stored there, they got a bath.</p><p><br /></p><p>The speculation was that the mint cleaned the planchets before they struck cents on them, but damage was done. It one of the main reasons why 1799 cents are seldom found with nice color.</p><p><br /></p><p>Adding to the problems for that issue was the fact that the dies were incorrectly mounted in the coin press. That usually resulted in weakness in the date area and the corresponding place on the reverse. Sometimes the “LIBERTY” is weak, and the date is strong, but that is the exception.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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