Seems spacing inside the "U's is to narrow for this drop? I'm going to stick with the "O". Still just MHO and it's still a cool find. If you do the acetone let us know how that goes.
Cool find! I would agree with -makecents- and Dearborn. Appears to be raised material from die strike of which ever letter was dropped. I wouldn't think an acetone bath would have any effect and hopefully will get rid of the "gunk". IMHO
@wes,I expect you have seen these and the others on ebay. The last one is by a company called Birks according to the listing. All are similar, but none exactly like yours?
When I started collecting, my mentor told me "grading is very subjective" and "buy the coin ,not the holder". I try to remember that when bidding on or purchasing slabbed coins. IMHO the TPGs grades have become" Very Subjective", from the Sheldon scale, which I was told was the holy grail of grading. It seems to me that a lot of bidders seem to have more money than sense. I guess it is on each of us to make the final bid or offer? It's all about the money, which ever side of the coin your on. (IMHO)