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jimjamtwo Valued Member Australia 117 Posts	Posted 12/14/2013 5:34 pm Does anyone know what's happened to the reverse of this coin? The obverse looks normal, but the reverse has this strange spatter all over it. I actually find it quite attractive, and it is nice to have something that looks different from the norm, but I'm perplexed as to the cause: Thanks for looking! Report this Post to the Staff

trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 12/14/2013 5:37 pm It looks like it is re toning after having been harshly polished Report this Post to the Staff
jimjamtwo Valued Member Australia 117 Posts	Posted 12/14/2013 5:53 pm Polished to what end, I wonder. Retoning is a new concept to me - perhaps there's hope yet for coins that have been purged in vinegar and salt. How about this one? The field is also somewhat unusual: This side of the coin has a very attractive, mirror-like surface, so the aesthetic effect is much more pleasing than with the Bombay penny shown above. Edited by jimjamtwo 12/14/2013 6:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/14/2013 8:56 pm The '42 looks like it has suffered from ?intentional environmental damage. Report this Post to the Staff
jimjamtwo Valued Member Australia 117 Posts	Posted 12/14/2013 9:31 pm Could someone have sprayed something on it? Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/14/2013 9:58 pm Quite possibly. I don't consider my own answer definitive. Report this Post to the Staff
Basil Pillar of the Community Australia 1040 Posts	Posted 12/15/2013 06:15 am People do wierd things to Coins,it might be a varnish or something similar. Report this Post to the Staff
jimjamtwo Valued Member Australia 117 Posts	Posted 12/15/2013 4:14 pm How about the second one. How would you achieve that effect? Report this Post to the Staff
The Unicorn Pillar of the Community Australia 750 Posts	Posted 12/15/2013 4:42 pm I'm not too sure Jimjamtwo, but there seems to be a very very straight line across the bottom of the second coin as far as the "pattern" is concerned. So my guess would be it's the effect of some sort of adhesive tape over the coin over time. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/15/2013 5:12 pm The Elizabethan penny has been hand rubbed with something. That is why the fields behind the lettering and close in around the effigy are differently toned. Report this Post to the Staff
jimjamtwo Valued Member Australia 117 Posts	Posted 12/15/2013 8:25 pm Thanks for the observations, guys! Report this Post to the Staff
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