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Indian1 Pillar of the Community United States 3640 Posts	Posted 05/14/2008 10:02 am Hello everyone Wanted to post this odd brassy colored and doubled cent. Found it in an estate roll. Looks like it was cleaned or ? Doubling of indian profile and part of headress etc. and on reverse one cent, lettering and left side of right wreath. Have about 5 pics. not sure how many I can post here at once. Any ideas on this coin ? Thank's Image: 1899obv.jpg 50.07 KB Image: 1899rev.jpg 60.8 KB Image: 1899rev2.jpg 63.67 KB Report this Post to the Staff

mycrob Pillar of the Community United States 2602 Posts	Posted 05/14/2008 10:37 am This could be artifact of the coin being harshly cleaned/dipped? Report this Post to the Staff
Becky Pillar of the Community United States 954 Posts	Posted 05/14/2008 12:26 pm It does look like a DD, but it is in such sad shape..... Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 05/14/2008 12:30 pm Image quality isn't good enough to tell if there is anything going on there other than the severe abrasive cleaning. Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 05/14/2008 1:15 pm I can't quite tell from your pics whether there is doubling, but here's an IHC DDR for comparison. Note how the doubling produces clear separation in the serifs? That's one of the markers of a doubled die. There is also something called Longacre doubling that is easily mistaken for hub doubling. Report this Post to the Staff
thingee Pillar of the Community United States 2177 Posts	Posted 05/14/2008 1:24 pm Wow! Is that one your's Kurt? Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 05/14/2008 1:30 pm thingee, I wish! --it's quite a dramatic DDR--the 1865 Snow-2 DDR. I keep looking for one. Report this Post to the Staff
foundinrolls Pillar of the Community United States 3507 Posts	Posted 05/14/2008 2:17 pm Hi, I agree that a harsh abrasive cleaning is probably the culprit. Often it is a wire wheel or a buffer polisher that creates the appearance of the polishing going all in one direction. Cents usually get that brassy appearance and the buffing causes some metal to move in relation to the direction the polishing wheel is spinning. The metal that has moved often looks like doubling. i remember a "shop" class in Junior High school. Teacher's name was Mr. Randall:-) I was helping him polish brass pieces from an antique automobile that was being restored. With the brass polish and a buffing wheel, I made a lot of Lincoln cents look like this Indian cent:-) Thanks, Bill Report this Post to the Staff
Indian1 Pillar of the Community United States 3640 Posts	Posted 05/14/2008 5:58 pm Hi Thanks for all the replies. I added a few more pics. just for the heck of it. Probably is just damage like was mentioned. Image: 1899obv2.jpg 68.95 KB Image: 1899rev3.jpg 54.54 KB Image: 1899obv3.jpg 61.6 KB Report this Post to the Staff
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