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New Member
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New Member
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 I hope these pictures help! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Is it raised, indented or flush with the surface?
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New Member
Germany
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@Coinfrog: It is definitely not raised, but I am not sure wether it is flush with the surface or indented... It looks different depending on lighting and angle.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Guessing this is just an incidental contact bruise.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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If it's not raised, perhaps a streak of toning or a light contact mark as @Coinfrog said.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like it's a contact rub.
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Pillar of the Community
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New Member
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But I still don't understand how this contact rub can go right through the raised letters. I would have expected the raised letters to protect the small fields in between them...
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Valued Member
United States
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Prior to encapsulating, something may have been forcefully aid on top of the coin or if in a flip maybe another coin smacked it when turning pages, (?), just a guess.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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.900 gold will tone over many decades.
This coin is somewhat of a faint 'woody' where copper is slightly enriched in this area and has toned a bit more that the slightly richer gold alloy next to the streak.
Don't worry - it is definitely not a 'problems' coin for this reason.
And it certainly hasn't affected the original luster in this region.
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New Member
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Thank you for your assessments! The problem is that I really hate this line because it looks so unnatural to me  I am now thinking about sending the coin back... Its a 1914 PCGS MS 61 Indian Head from Rive d'Or Collection, btw. But if it is really toning, as sel_69l suggests, can dipping be a possible solution? (Or maybe NGC conservation?) |
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Leave well enough alone and move on.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Perhaps something sharp, but relatively soft was scraped across the coin. Something like a toothpick or a tine of a plastic fork might drop to the surface between the letters if it was scraped slowly enough.
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