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<p>[QUOTE="GeorgeM, post: 1088663, member: 28550"]Very nice! It looks like that one spent a bit of time in the ocean - you can see where a smaller coin pressed against the obverse and protected Wilson's face. It must have been recovered fairly quickly though - the reverse has less damage than I'd expect.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm a fan of that So Called Dollar and lucky to own it in silver in MS-61. I also have two bronze versions - one with a clean(ish) obverse and one with a clean(ish) reverse. Undamaged bronzes seem to be slightly harder to find that undamaged silver issues of the same (even though there were about 50% more bronzes made).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GeorgeM, post: 1088663, member: 28550"]Very nice! It looks like that one spent a bit of time in the ocean - you can see where a smaller coin pressed against the obverse and protected Wilson's face. It must have been recovered fairly quickly though - the reverse has less damage than I'd expect. I'm a fan of that So Called Dollar and lucky to own it in silver in MS-61. I also have two bronze versions - one with a clean(ish) obverse and one with a clean(ish) reverse. Undamaged bronzes seem to be slightly harder to find that undamaged silver issues of the same (even though there were about 50% more bronzes made).[/QUOTE]
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