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@GC, first welcome to CCF. Second, I appreciate your enthusiasm on this post--it certainly is an interesting coin. Better pics would help, but here is what I see: the tick mark over the T in LIBERTY looks more like damage to me than a die chip. I'm not sure what sort of treatment was done to the front, but the rev looks like it has been damaged with acid rather than a mint error. I will say that I don't think that the entire coin has been immersed in acid though. I don't see any doubling with these current pictures--a close up would definitely help.
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 To CCF! I hate to say this, but it's not what you think you have. The reverse appears to have been dipped in acid. The obverse also appears to be altered too. It's all Post Mint Damage (happened out of the Mint, not in the Mint). It's now a cull coin and only worth face value. Errers and Varietys.
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Sadly, I must agree.  to the CCF! |
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to the CCF. Your coin is all post mint damage ... keep looking. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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to CCF!  . Keep searching! |
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Its amazing what a few swipes across a 400 grit piece of sandpaper will do...
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I agree with the other replies. This is all post mint damage. Because the coin began circulating again, the obverse has developed a circulation cameo of sorts with the dark staining being worn off gradually on the high points. Keep searching and... In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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It's all PMD (Post Mint Damage). |
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Also, dying is something done to cloth. Striking a coin, even with a worn die, does not change the color of the coin from bright copper.
Everything that changes the coloration - from eye pleasing "toning" to ugly brown is environmental damage. Difference is that people will pay for one and not the other.
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The lines you see on the obverse could be attributed to "rolling marks", but the coin has been damaged or worn beyond anything of value. My opinion is that it does look like rolling marks (as the "lines" go right up to the edges, and through, the devices), but they have been enhanced by corrosion or an acid attack. Nothing more than a conversation piece now... Also "rare" is a bad term to use with describing errors on coins, as every error can be unique... the only thing out there consistently rare is my steak!!  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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