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Bedrock of the Community
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Curious. Almost looks stenciled on. Are the outlines in any way raised?  to the CCF! |
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Edges are slightly raised
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New Member
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From certain angles and lighting the writing is very bold and clear but mostly is not that noticeable at a casual glance.
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Bedrock of the Community
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In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
Edited by spru
06/02/2019 01:40 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Didn't know we had a Chicago mint?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Not random staining, clearly.
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It hasn't been "transferred" there - by, for example, being placed onto a piece of paper and left there for years - because a transfer would be mirror-imaged.
It also seems to me to be anti-staining, not a "stain" - the toning is slightly weaker inside the lettering. As if someone painted it on there using silver dip.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Bedrock of the Community
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This is a great brain bender, and a cool-looking coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
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But there is no 'e' in Chicago?
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Bedrock of the Community
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If you're talking about the character right in the middle of the coin on Liberty's hip area, I think that's a stylized "C", not a lower-case "E".
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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree. It clearly says "Chicago". This was done deliberately at some point for a reason that we'll never know.
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Lol thank you for input, as I read through the replies it is very similar to the thoughts I had in my own head. Its a brain twister to say the least. I guess I will file under conversation piece...
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Pillar of the Community
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Maybe Superman did it with his x-ray vision!!
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Bedrock of the Community
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It reminds me if sticker letters that were on the coin for a long time, preventing the coin to tarnish on those areas. Then them someone peeled the letters off the coin and the color was lighter where the stickers were?
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