Is This Caused By Being Used As Jewelery?

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Guido Valued Member United States 390 Posts	Posted 11/08/2007 6:20 pm This coin has a circle around the edge of both the obverse and reverse. Other than being used as a piece of jewelery, what else might have caused it? Maybe being in an album? And, how does it affect the value of the coin? I would think it would hurt it a lot. Obverse: Image: 1914DObverseGoldIndianHead.jpg 23.44 KB Edited by Guido 11/08/2007 6:24 pm Report this Post to the Staff

chrsb Pillar of the Community United States 936 Posts	Posted 11/08/2007 6:42 pm It looks like it to me but I am not expert. I can say that is a nice coin though! Report this Post to the Staff
t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 11/08/2007 6:49 pm Looks like the damage was caused from mounting it in a coin bezel. Report this Post to the Staff
Guido Valued Member United States 390 Posts	Posted 11/08/2007 8:50 pm That's what I thought as well, but when you look at the different bezels in your link, you see that they go around the rim of the coin, but don't touch the face of the coin. It may be that some of these coins come this way and some don't. That's what someone else I asked mentioned to me. Hard to say, though. I just read about a proof coin on Heritage Auctions that had a similar mark. They stated in the description that it may have been caused when the coin was ejected from the dies. Maybe that's why some have these marks and some don't. Edited by Guido 11/08/2007 9:07 pm Report this Post to the Staff
50cents Valued Member United States 402 Posts	Posted 11/08/2007 8:54 pm It's die erosion and It's normal for this series Report this Post to the Staff
Andrew289 Valued Member United States 470 Posts	Posted 11/09/2007 10:21 am It looks like a bezel mark to me. If you enlarge the pictures on the jewelery, you can see that there is a lip that covers the front edge and rear edge of the coin. That's how it's held securely in place. Maybe visit a pawn shop and look at one in your hands. I've never seen a non jewelery coin that looks like that before. Report this Post to the Staff
Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 11/09/2007 10:30 am I don't believe it's from a bezel. I have seen a few of these. If you notice, the coin is struck slightly off-center. I believe that this affected the appearance of a "rim". I think that a bezel would leave a more defined "etch" in the gold as this is such a soft metal. This looks like it came out of the Mint that way, at least in my opinion. Report this Post to the Staff
BRUCE 1947 Pillar of the Community United States 834 Posts	Posted 11/09/2007 9:02 pm I will have to agree with Susan on this one that is what it looks like to me also. Bruce. Report this Post to the Staff
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