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Valued Member
United States
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Any ideas why a Shield nickel would have a surface like this? And yes, it seems to be uniform on both sides, but the reverse has more flat surface area and shows it better. If I understand correctly, when someone "whizzes" a coin, the use an ultrafine wire brush or steel wool to burnish the surfafe of the coin. That almost looks like what what happened here, only maybe with a coarser grade brush? There are a zillion little surface nicks running in every direction.  |
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Valued Member
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Too bad the forum doesn't have a zoom feature. You may not be able to see it too well on the optimized image.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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I can zoom in pretty well if I open the image in a new tab and it's a good pic but, I don't see what you're describing. I think with something more coarse, the marks would be fairly obvious.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I can't see it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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ditto here. I don't see any obvious hairlines with the pic provided. Dipped? -YES. The only red flag would be the grime caked into the sides of the devices. Post a pic of the reverse.
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Moderator
 United States
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 don't see hairlines, and obvious cleaning, and  of the reverse |
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United States
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Uh, I'm not normally one to state the obvious, but that IS the reverse....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ok, smart *** Edited by Staff | The bad word filter is in place for a reason. Bypassing the filter and making the intended word obvious anyway is completely unacceptable. ***. Post a pic of the other reverse.
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Pillar of the Community
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It is impossible to tell from your image as the condition of the coins surfaces cannot be seen. Try different lighting to highlight the surface scratches/marks that you are talking about  Quote:
Uh, I'm not normally one to state the obvious, but that IS the reverse....  Edited by trout1105
03/05/2017 03:47 am
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Valued Member
United States
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And so, by popular demand, here it is, the reverse of the reverse, the obverse  |
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
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It's more of a texture thing. The whole surface has that look like when you pick a paintbrush up from a puddle of paint that's almost dry. Or like somebody blotted the molten metal off with a paper towel before it had set. I guess what I'm getting at here is there seems to be a uniform surface texture of some sort in surface areas that would normally be smooth.
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United States
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that sounds a little like it was dipped for a short time in acid, probably trying to clean it.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If I may be so bold, whether reverse or obverse, please post both pics for a coin in question. It helps.
In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Monkeying around aside, I don't see any evidence of whizzing - on both reverses. Give the thread 24 hours for more folks to weigh in.
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I don't see the whizz either. Also, if you click on the first pic it zooms. John1  |
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Posted 03/05/2017 02:01 am
