Posted 01/15/2007 12:51 pm
Margaret,
It is to hard to tell from the scan provided what is going on with the first coin. Could be die polish,metal flow from the strike,an old cleaning.
From the scan provided the "die crack" appears to be a small lamination,a seperating of the layers of metal,due to an imperfection or foreign material in planchet,causing layers not to bond.
Most of what I've read, the "mildew"is called Milk Spots because of the coloring.It is a form of contamination,although what causes it is lost to me right now.It can be dipped off,but probably is not worth the time.I have several rolls of circulated to BU rolls of Kennedys and Franklins that have the spots on some of the coins.The Uncirculated Silver Eagles have a problem with this from time to time.
At today's silver prices,thats a nice Christmas Gift.
Nice find on the Doubling.
hope this helps
coffeecup57
It is to hard to tell from the scan provided what is going on with the first coin. Could be die polish,metal flow from the strike,an old cleaning.
From the scan provided the "die crack" appears to be a small lamination,a seperating of the layers of metal,due to an imperfection or foreign material in planchet,causing layers not to bond.
Most of what I've read, the "mildew"is called Milk Spots because of the coloring.It is a form of contamination,although what causes it is lost to me right now.It can be dipped off,but probably is not worth the time.I have several rolls of circulated to BU rolls of Kennedys and Franklins that have the spots on some of the coins.The Uncirculated Silver Eagles have a problem with this from time to time.
At today's silver prices,thats a nice Christmas Gift.
Nice find on the Doubling.
hope this helps
coffeecup57
) The original rolls they came in were pretty nasty, I assume someone kept them in the basement for a long time. They had a damp musty smell.
