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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 7370943, member: 24314"]GoldFinger1969, posted: "The coin has <span style="color: #b30000">cleaning or abrasion marks on the obverse</span>."</p><p><br /></p><p>Good, but you've missed a lot. You should apply for a job at a major TPGS!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for posting. All we know after your post is it is an 1907 Indian cent with <span style="color: #b30000">cleaning or abrasion marks on the obverse. </span><span style="color: #000000">It would have been better to tell the blind man what makes it look like a proof. The quiz asked "players" to <b>DESCRIBE WHAT THEY SEE.</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Randy Abercrombie, posted: "I would say this was an <span style="color: #b30000">Indian head cent</span>. It was held tightly with a cutting tool of some sort likely to gain traction while the owner <span style="color: #b30000">scrubbed</span> black scuz with something approximating a Brillo pad leaving residue behind from a poor rinsing process.... However the<span style="color: #b30000"> damage</span> was already done."</p><p><br /></p><p>Evan Saltis, posted: "<span style="color: #b30000">Indian female bust facing left, wearing headdress with '<i>LIBERTY</i>', surrounded by date (1907) and the inscription 'UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'</span> wire brushed as well."</p><p><br /></p><p>Great start, What else? Wire Brushed? What does that look like on the coin?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It appears you are way too intelligent to help the blind man. Better to answer your own question such as:<span style="color: #b30000"> round, copper</span>, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>johnmilton, posted: "It has a <span style="color: #b30000">corrosion spot to the right of the date.</span> Someone tried to lift it without total success."</p><p><br /></p><p>EXCELLENT observation. Need more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Johnmilton continued: "Looking at it the for a second time, I don't think that the "7" in the date looks right. Could this be a counterfeit?"</p><p><br /></p><p>None of my tricks in this quiz posted to train your eyes and descriptive powers.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If this is good enough for you, … you just earned yourself a <span style="color: #ff4da6">pink participation ribbon.</span> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mac McDonald, posted: "<span style="color: #b30000">A 1907-dated, left-facing Indian (male) cent, brown in overall color, with the indian in a full/ceremonial or war bonnet with pronounced scratches/cleaning abrasion marks across the face/cheek and neck, plus in the field to the front/left of the face. There are some other dings here/there around the rim plus some light discoloring in limited areas,</span> also likely from either cleaning or exposure to ? over the years. No reverse is visible in the photo."</p><p><br /></p><p>This is what a description of a coin for someone who cannot see it means. Very good, now we are getting somewhere but more is needed. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice observations but it is not SPECIFIC.</p><p><br /></p><p>expat, posted: "<span style="color: #b30000">It is dated 1907 with the 7 looking not quite right. The color is a bright orange and un-natural looking. There are many gouges around the rim, pronounced dotted scraping of the bust and field</span> where a power tool of some kind has bounced and skipped across the surface."</p><p><br /></p><p>Very good. This with many of the comments above are making the coin more visible to the imagination."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 7370943, member: 24314"]GoldFinger1969, posted: "The coin has [COLOR=#b30000]cleaning or abrasion marks on the obverse[/COLOR]." Good, but you've missed a lot. You should apply for a job at a major TPGS! Thanks for posting. All we know after your post is it is an 1907 Indian cent with [COLOR=#b30000]cleaning or abrasion marks on the obverse. [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]It would have been better to tell the blind man what makes it look like a proof. The quiz asked "players" to [B]DESCRIBE WHAT THEY SEE.[/B][/COLOR] Randy Abercrombie, posted: "I would say this was an [COLOR=#b30000]Indian head cent[/COLOR]. It was held tightly with a cutting tool of some sort likely to gain traction while the owner [COLOR=#b30000]scrubbed[/COLOR] black scuz with something approximating a Brillo pad leaving residue behind from a poor rinsing process.... However the[COLOR=#b30000] damage[/COLOR] was already done." Evan Saltis, posted: "[COLOR=#b30000]Indian female bust facing left, wearing headdress with '[I]LIBERTY[/I]', surrounded by date (1907) and the inscription 'UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'[/COLOR] wire brushed as well." Great start, What else? Wire Brushed? What does that look like on the coin? It appears you are way too intelligent to help the blind man. Better to answer your own question such as:[COLOR=#b30000] round, copper[/COLOR], etc. johnmilton, posted: "It has a [COLOR=#b30000]corrosion spot to the right of the date.[/COLOR] Someone tried to lift it without total success." EXCELLENT observation. Need more. Johnmilton continued: "Looking at it the for a second time, I don't think that the "7" in the date looks right. Could this be a counterfeit?" None of my tricks in this quiz posted to train your eyes and descriptive powers. If this is good enough for you, … you just earned yourself a [COLOR=#ff4da6]pink participation ribbon.[/COLOR] :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious: Mac McDonald, posted: "[COLOR=#b30000]A 1907-dated, left-facing Indian (male) cent, brown in overall color, with the indian in a full/ceremonial or war bonnet with pronounced scratches/cleaning abrasion marks across the face/cheek and neck, plus in the field to the front/left of the face. There are some other dings here/there around the rim plus some light discoloring in limited areas,[/COLOR] also likely from either cleaning or exposure to ? over the years. No reverse is visible in the photo." This is what a description of a coin for someone who cannot see it means. Very good, now we are getting somewhere but more is needed. Nice observations but it is not SPECIFIC. expat, posted: "[COLOR=#b30000]It is dated 1907 with the 7 looking not quite right. The color is a bright orange and un-natural looking. There are many gouges around the rim, pronounced dotted scraping of the bust and field[/COLOR] where a power tool of some kind has bounced and skipped across the surface." Very good. This with many of the comments above are making the coin more visible to the imagination."[/QUOTE]
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