QUIZ: Discribe the coin in this image.

If I go into great detail about things the audience (a) already knows about or (b) doesn't care about, I'm wasting their time.

If I were truly "helping a blind man", the very first thing I'd do is establish his expectations. "Do you know what a US cent is like? Do you know what an Indian-head cent is? How much do you want to know about the specifics of the design?"

This is a battle I fight at work all the time.

"Your posts are too long, I'm not going to read all that."

"Yes, yes, I understand, you don't have to go on."

[...]

"Hey, why didn't you tell us about this?"

 

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You should KNOW that they actually want you to write a memo describing everything you know and have told them about and that they've forgotten. Then you can just tell them to "RTFM!!!"

 

This is a round copper coin in the denomination of 1 cent.
We identify it as an Indian Head Cent.
Around the circumference of the entire obverse of the coin are dentils.
Just under the dentils, also circular are the words United States of America. All letters are upper case and raised.
Within the field of the coin is the left facing bust of an Indian in full ceremonial headdress.
On the headband of the headdress is the inscription Liberty.
The date 1907 is beneath the Indians bust.
All over the obverse of the coin are very deep scratches and gouges caused by an attempt at a very harsh and abrasive cleaning.
There are spots within the feathers and to the right of the 7 in the date where green verdigris has begun to corrode the copper.
There are deep gouges in the coin all around the circumference running between the dentils and rim.
The coin has nice detail to the raised devices.

 

I think most of you are trying to hardgo simple like I did.

 

JeffB, this may be yours...

 

Good eye. The egde is all cut up. Why can't this be on the planchet befpre it was struck?

 

Assuming a blind person knows what you mean by "round".

 

Geometric shapes are easily learned by the blind. Young children are taught shapes with blocks. Those are learned through touch as well as sight.

 

lol

 

Lots of blind folks use canes and guide dogs. Many of the dogs are shades of light brown. This post has nothing to do with the quiz. Thank me very much.

 

Any more tries?

The object of this quiz is to train yourself to see EVERYTHING there is to see on a coin. When you can put what you see into words, you start to see more and become a much better grader.

The downside to this sort of quiz on a coin form rather than a classroom is that it takes much more time to respond. That is a big downside as I'm just a half-fast typist.

 

I don't think I could improve on masterswimmer's description.
as to the rim cuts, if they were on the planchet-- after the rim was raised up-- the striking process should have flattened out the raised metal along the edges of the gouges. I think.