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SLQ Struck Through Grease?

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I suppose I should have bought this on by weight. It weighs 5.5 grams. The rim measure .058 in the full section and .045 in the damaged section. The diameter is .955 from 3-9 o'clock and .952 from 12-6 o'clock. Reeding is light but visible in the damaged area. Notice the square patch damage left of center on both sides. Do you think grease did this to both sides simultaneously during strike? nlp
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For this one, I am going to theorize a deliberate dip in Nitric acid. A Grease Fill that deep would cause all detail in the area to disappear, yet this coin shows traces of underlying detail in the sunken areas. That's indicative of two things: One, that there was originally detail present above the recessed areas and two, just how deeply the strike affects the density of the metal inside the planchet.

The other, less-affected areas on the surface look like deliberate but lesser applications of the same acid. I think some kid was playing with Daddy's chemistry set.
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Yep, the two "dip lines" match, so this is deff a dip job of some sort.
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I couldn't figure out how the marks on both sides got there post mintage but it just dawned on me that some one could have clampmed it in a vicegrip while it was dipped. The fumes rose and caused the latent marks under the jaws of vice. Thanks for the help. nlp
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