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Pillar of the Community
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The granularity of the surfaces is very suspicious and atypical. It's certainly not a date that you'd expect to be forged, but beyond that, on what basis did you conclude that it was authentic?
Colligo ergo sum
Edited by Lucky Cuss
06/05/2014 7:44 pm
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Rest in Peace
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Interesting coin. I would suggest checking the weight and also check the thickness with a set of calipers if you have one.
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the grainy surface may be related to a cast fake or it was cleaned with an acid bath  |
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A few different things made me come to an authentic conclusion.
1. its a 1922
2. You can see inside the crack and no trace of other metals.
3. weight is on point with a scale that weighs to the 100th of a gram.
4. digital calipers measured perfect (width and depth)
Damage (acid or heat) are both possible for surfaces but neither would cause the planchet crack. I may just send it off to let NGC body bag it.
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Sure has a funny surface, very well could be a counterfeit. Lots of em out there. Did you try a magnet by any chance ?
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I think it'd probably grade "genuine - environmental damage" but why submit it if that's your expectation? It actually has something of the look of a shipwreck salvaged coin.
Colligo ergo sum
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Magnet tested good as well.
I didnt consider shipwreck damage. I'm considering submitting it just for the oddity of it. May come back a mint error or shipwreck which both would be fine with me.
Also I've cherry picked a couple monsters in the past month or so. Which make a submission test carefree.
I didnt post them yet but I got a 1895-O for $26 which came back an ngc xf45
and a 1906 $2.5 gold (paid $175) which came back NGC ms65 :)
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Bedrock of the Community
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Probably genuine, acid etched, scratched, and struck on a cracked planchet. So it was a genuine error coin before someone messed it up.
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I would say environmental, though it very well could be acid etched, I have dug up several silver coins that look similar to this. That crack is really cool though.
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Pillar of the Community
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It appears to be environmentally damaged coin that has been dipped/cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
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 with the acid or shipwreck effect. I do see a cracked planchet error, that is pretty cool. Not so rare in the Peace dollar series though, should see a premium over melt to an error collector, not a lot given the coin's obvious flaws, but never less neat, and still desirable. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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possible salt water damage.
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