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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2552157, member: 24314&quot;]Troll alert <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />!&nbsp; <span style="color: #ff0000">Don&#039;t read this post if you do not wish to learn something</span> about the coins we collect. </p><p><br /></p><p>At one time the entire surface of the OP&#039;s coin had a patina.&nbsp; Unfortunately, there were <span style="color: #0059b3">raised lumps</span> of corrosion products on several parts of the coin - especially on the reverse.&nbsp; A previous owner has &quot;tooled&quot; them off to bring the surface level.&nbsp; The corrosion at 7 OC went deeper into the coin.&nbsp; That is why there is a depression below the surface with visible tooling.&nbsp; It may be the reason there was no competition to win it although it is a pleasing coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>If it were mine, I should &quot;doctor&quot; the surface to make it even more attractive; but that is a subject for another thread.&nbsp; Oh, count me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> out.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS The coin in Post#5 is a beauty.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":watching:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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