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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael K, post: 3118726, member: 78298&quot;]If it&#039;s genuine, it appears environmentally damaged.</p><p>Green is not a patina you want on copper (verdigris), and the red discoloration</p><p>is usually from the coin being in the ground. The pitting on the reverse also suggests this. The breaks in the color patterns on both sides indicates someone (before you)</p><p>tried to clean it, probably because it was a metal detecting find and was very dirty.</p><p>If you were to try to conserve this coin (IDK if that&#039;s even possible) you are likely to expose more problems than are currently visible. </p><p>As a key date hole filler it still has value, but I don&#039;t think it can straight grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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