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AU 58
Environmental damage (green spots).
Numerous raised dots. Similar have been monikered 'apostrophe 9.'
I wish to pose another consideration... The field betwixt leaves 3 & 4
shew the diagnostics characteristic of being struck from a rusted die.
Rust creates pits within the die which manifest in raised dots on the
struck coin. Perhaps the raised dots above the numeral 9 are also the
result of extensive rust pitting on the die. I do not know the definitive
answer, but I wanted to throw the possibility of rusted dies out for
consideration.
doug
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60 with environmental .. get some acetone on the spots. Rust makes sense 'twixt the upper right leaves. The 'dots" by the apostophe are small chips breaking off the die crack there.
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Bedrock of the Community
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63BN, agree with advice above.
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I'm thinking AU58 as well
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Looks 63 brown to me. As already mentioned, a wash in acetone or soak in EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) for a few days or weeks then wash in acetone.
Gene
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Higher AU for me..the band and eyebrow are a touch flat and the obv fields have lost all of their original luster..maybe from a bit of handling.. ..but the raised reverse dots make it special.. Okie has looked at 1000's of the 1919 cents..so I wonder what he would say about the raised dots..or maybe even Dean could be an expert on these..  |
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Just bgot back from Oklahoma and looked at this post again. The "dots" around the 9 and the A look to me to be chips or rust along a die crack. It's possible that part of it could be a planchet flaw as well. I'd have to see the coin in hand, but it looks like the "crack" goes up through the design element of the "A" and out the top as well. Gidgit lives here in Burl, so will be at the Expo next Month in T.O. we can look at it then over a beer at Astor's.
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