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Pillar of the Community
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It appears to have been scuffed after it left the press. The shiny part of the face has hairline scratches that can be seen in the field on either side of the bust. I have no idea how, when, or where the damage was inflicted. It could have occurred inside the Mint or in a coin-wrapping facility.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not quite sure how a scrape can follow the general flow of the design evenly on the high and low points . The lines from the scrape also flowing along.
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Pillar of the Community
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Rather have a smooth head than a smooth brain  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I'll shoot some macro stuff this evening. I am not convinced a scrape could produce the proof-like finish on the coin as it is. We shall see what some close up work turns up. Seems to me the areas in the field that have lines are just additional polished areas not scratch marks.
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Pillar of the Community
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Very interesting. Hope the close scope work reveals and answer.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm going with the scrape/rub. My reasoning is because the "scratches" don't affect the areas immediately around the raised areas. Still looks cool.
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like Abe got sick of the wiskers and dun gone to the barber and got a shave  . |
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I'm going to go with a buffing wheel went over the device and field in a direction from the right to left.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm going to go with a buffing wheel went over the device and field in a direction from the right to left. I'll agree with Dearborn on this scenario. Maybe with the macro setting it might show a little more to this coins story. Not sure I've told you but have always enjoyed your pictures. |
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Pillar of the Community
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There doesn't appear to be as many nicks and dings in the affected area which makes me think it happened after it was struck.
Can you give us one more image at the forehead and field?
It's hard to tell if the effect ends at the forehead or continues onto the field.
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Pillar of the Community
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Took a few more images and did some zoom in inspection. Sadly, the surface is mirror-like and I just can not get the darn thing in super sharp focus. But I can say that upon close inspection I agree that the area has been rubbed by something and is not a struck through sort of event. Mike is right as usual (thanks Mike!). The only other thing of note I saw was that inside the ear and around the edge of the beard and lips there is a small amount of grease deposit. Kind of like the coin got stuck in a rubber conveyor briefly and got buffed, with the event leaving some crud in at the bottom of steep spots on the coin. Make sense? It was an original roll (there were multiples of most dies including 6 RIDB-1C-1959D-01 in there) and my guess is, as Mike suggests, an event that occurred after the strike either at the mint or the rolling place. I still think it is a very nifty neat-o looking coin, just not an error coin as I thought. Sorry for the fuzzy pics, but best I could do without much camera mayhem. Good luck interpreting the ear photo as it is pretty confusing.    |
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United States
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Hey TB. No clue as to what happened to this cent and the smooth surfaces but what does the mint mark look like? I know there are a bazillion RPM's for this one but your first couple of pics you originally posted look like something may possibly be there. Not sure..... and I'm sure you would have probably seen any resemblance of an RPM, but thought I'd just throw this out there.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Certainly is super polished. Bats, are you thinking this is a single coin episode or multiple coin event?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Don't really see anything going on with the mint mark. The end roll toner coin was RPM-001 (yes another one of those) but it's not super colorful.
All things are pointing to a single-coin event. Like this little bugger got itself stuck in a conveyor roller before popping back out to be with its friends. Just turned out to be kinda cool looking instead of just messed up.
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Your ability to recognize errors is truly impressive. I'll admit freely that I wouldn't have caught that. What a neat little snowflake to learn about.
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