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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2654253, member: 24314&quot;]<span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">Remember, bad images = no incorrect answers.&nbsp; I could not get the color correct.&nbsp; Also, it would have been nice to let others guess when they get home tonight but one member here is too impatient.&nbsp; So...</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(89, 0, 179)">This guess is partly correct as the poster saw marks. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(89, 0, 179)">This is correct, the surface is abraded and it happened after the coin was struck.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(89, 0, 179)">There are marks; however they are more granular in appearance than hits.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(89, 0, 179)">This could be a possibility.&nbsp; Pits in the die would produce tiny lumps on the coin.&nbsp; Some may resemble these however the &quot;stain&quot; is the clue to what this is.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(89, 0, 179)">Coins are coins.&nbsp; What we have here could be on a Trade dollar, a Peace dollar, a Washington quarter, etc.&nbsp; No one is an expert on all coins but many can become experts on a coin&#039;s surface.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(89, 0, 179)">Die wear would soften the details and not leave the stain.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(89, 0, 179)">This is the correct answer.&nbsp; Virtually any time you see a silver coin with a rough surface and a dull brownish-tan stain it indicates that the coin was dipped.&nbsp; There once was black corrosion on the streak.&nbsp; The corrosion ate away the coin&#039;s surface.&nbsp; When the coin is dipped and the black is removed it leaves an etched surface, always with an off color stain where the corrosion ruined the surface.&nbsp; The only way to hide this characteristic is to polish the coin</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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