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Valued Member
United States
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We will need pics of the full coin obverse and reverse, but what I can see is a palm print on the coin and a die crack running from the bottom of the head to the edge
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12477 Posts |
Something has contaminated the coin/plastic. It actually looks like big fingerprints. The coin rotating inside the plastic allowed whatever is on the coin/plastic to leave multiple similar marks in different positions.
I would suggest removing the coin and giving it a long soak in acetone.
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12/28/2020 03:03 am
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New Member
 United States
14 Posts |
Will removing the coin and soaking it in acetone lower its value?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
599 Posts |
Proper pics of the whole coin are required.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1659 Posts |
I am not seeing that at all, in fact I see nothing out of the ordinary. It is unlikely that it is in the original mint packaging with all the hand/fingerprints on the coin. How about a picture of the full coin showing the packaging?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Based on what I can see, I'm skeptical.
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Valued Member
 United States
220 Posts |
I once fell victim to this phenomenon. It is the plastic that contains the "impression" not the coin. I would not recommend trying to clean the coin, but that is just my opinion.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7519 Posts |
The best course of action here is for you to take the coin out of it's plastic holder and then post a full picture of the coin for us to see.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5797 Posts |
Interesting but each "strike" would have affected the previous strike and the rim as mentioned.
Try rotating the coin in the plastic to see if the "doubling" moves. These have fooled me before.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
That's a good suggestion.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1667 Posts |
looks like fingerprints to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19249 Posts |
If the observations are true, then removing the coin from the packaging will not devalue the coin at all. Posting photos of the coin outside the packaging--showing the observed errors clearly--would electrify this topic for sure.
How would you assess the apparent toning? Thanks.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm skeptical of the images as they almost look to be photoshopped.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7641 Posts |
Like BlindSquirrel said..... Quote:
It is the plastic that contains the "impression" not the coin. I agree 100%. 50 years of floating around in a flimsy plastic package does not do coins,nor packaging, well! In this case the packaging is damaging the coin and removing it will not significantly alter the value. ( It's a 10$ coin in or out of the holder in my opinion. ) My suggestion is to get the coin out of the package and get it soaking in some acetone to remove the crud. If the impressions are on/in the metal of the coin they'll still be there after an acetone soak. Examine the plastic packaging under different lightings to look for the additional impressions you are seeing. Good luck! |
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Pillar of the Community
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You'de probably be better off just posting normal pictures - leave the editing program alone.........
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