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Bedrock of the Community
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Interesting specimen. Measles is making a comeback...
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Measles is making a comeback... Yeah, and for no good reason other than... [biting my tongue]  |
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Tacc, it's metal. This WarNick is a metal detecting find that has seen the gamut of cleanse chems already. I'm calling it as I see it which is occluded gas bubbles. Might be worthy of an ANACS visit.
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Pillar of the Community
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Might be, but ignoring the possibility of some kind of overspray or splatter, the dots are appearing on very worn areas
of the surface. Wouldn't the dots also be worn? First?
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Isolated tiny laminations that hadn't popped open?  |
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Pillar of the Community
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The dot are not worn, have no hit marks when coin has clearly been circulated so I will say splatter of some sort.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'll post some super close ups in a bit
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Bedrock of the Community
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DOCC, poke one of those Koplik spots with a toothpick to see what happens.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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So got them under superzoom - I literally looked at all of them. I'm even more convinced they are occluded gas bubbles. There are several that have popped so as opposed to measles, I'll call it acne. Don't know what to say WRT the wear comments. Some of the zits have flat tops indicative of wear. And knowing this is a MD find it could have experienced high heat after minting.    |
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Thanks for the close up pictures, I do think now that your on to something about heat. Also, I can see the wear on a couple of the dots so now it seems they are indeed part of same material. Very strange coin.
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The more I look, the more I am having a tough time believing that this is a pre-burial phenomenon. How could circulation wear remove all the hair details, but leave the bumps standing that far above the surface? I would speculate that some chemical in the soil pulled specific impurities out of the coin faces, leaving this bubbled up appearance. Also, the examples of gas bubbles on Error-Ref.com seem to have much bigger and uneven bubbles. The ones on this coin are like tiny, perfectly formed little beads. https://www.error-ref.com/?s=Gas+bubbles |
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BM - plenty of examples out there with small bubbles. Error-ref only shows the one reference. I looked at those first and then pulled up others - including small bubbles in slabs. The wear is still an issue that needs to be addressed however.
I swing a metal detector and have a knack for finding dirty old coins. Dirt coin restoration projects - https://www.prodetecting.com/restorationsDirt coin restoration blog - https://www.prodetecting.com/blog/ccawDirt coin dig videos - https://www.youtube.com/@prodetecting |
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Very interesting, maybe rust from a rusted die?
Errers and Varietys.
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maybe rust from a rusted die? Surely possible but with several ruptured ceilings found I think gas bubbles more likely. And like others have observed, inconsistent wear suggests post mint heat (or chems) brought them to the surface after the coin had been circulated. But interesting nonetheless. I swing a metal detector and have a knack for finding dirty old coins. Dirt coin restoration projects - https://www.prodetecting.com/restorationsDirt coin restoration blog - https://www.prodetecting.com/blog/ccawDirt coin dig videos - https://www.youtube.com/@prodetecting |
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Definitely a curious find there DOCC.
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