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<p>[QUOTE="7Jags, post: 13125948, member: 78719"]Well, good guess there sir. Actually if you look at pictures this is normal toning for the issue as the cases they were issued in imparted this toning to the silver coins especially and often less pleasant toning to the "up facing" copper coins in the set. Also there are some planchet prep hairlines seen that preceded striking (see bottom right obverse field as an example). There also is a bit of die rust which occasionally shows on the devices as little pebbles & not seen in the fields as these were polished away prior to striking. Usually the 62 or even 3 is from polishing lines AFTER striking that is seen in rotating the coin under different light conditions - not seen on this coin, though I do aplogise for the picture of the PCGS photo as some of the pictures are currently hard to obtain from them nowadays.....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="7Jags, post: 13125948, member: 78719"]Well, good guess there sir. Actually if you look at pictures this is normal toning for the issue as the cases they were issued in imparted this toning to the silver coins especially and often less pleasant toning to the "up facing" copper coins in the set. Also there are some planchet prep hairlines seen that preceded striking (see bottom right obverse field as an example). There also is a bit of die rust which occasionally shows on the devices as little pebbles & not seen in the fields as these were polished away prior to striking. Usually the 62 or even 3 is from polishing lines AFTER striking that is seen in rotating the coin under different light conditions - not seen on this coin, though I do aplogise for the picture of the PCGS photo as some of the pictures are currently hard to obtain from them nowadays.....[/QUOTE]
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