Posted 07/02/2013 9:27 pm
both surfaces look ok to me? but it is hard to tell from photos alone.
The bun head penny has some carbon spots, but the traces of lustre appear where you expect them, in the field arounf the bust and legends.
The streaks are common in GV 1d & 1/2d of this period, due to the alloy as you mention. I think I read somewhere the mix was altered to try and prevent the 'ghosting' which was previlent pre 1920 (it is definately much less common after 1919).
I wish I could pick up coins like this for a dollar. let me know if you want to double your money
The bun head penny has some carbon spots, but the traces of lustre appear where you expect them, in the field arounf the bust and legends.
The streaks are common in GV 1d & 1/2d of this period, due to the alloy as you mention. I think I read somewhere the mix was altered to try and prevent the 'ghosting' which was previlent pre 1920 (it is definately much less common after 1919).
I wish I could pick up coins like this for a dollar. let me know if you want to double your money
