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Pillar of the Community
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What do you think? There are 5. Not a test, I don't have the answers. There are 5, sorry. 1st:   second   third:   4th:   5th:   |
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Guessing 2nd and 3rd as they seemed to have had more of a patina and now have some small spots.
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Rest in Peace
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree, numbers 2 and 3 appear to have been cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
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Rest in Peace
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My choices ; 1 and 4 .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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2 and 3 cleaned for sure. Photo lighting makes it tough for 5, so a definite maybe. 4 may have been dipped. If I was buying I'd take #1.
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Rest in Peace
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Mine is an unqualified opinion, but I would have tagged #5 as cleaned.
On the reverse, look at the flat areas inside of "UNITED" and further along the circumference from "AMERICA" ... the flat areas, most easily reached by a cloth (for example), are gunk-free (technical term) ... while the hard-to-reach bits, such as the 1mm nearest the rim & wings, are full of gunk.
Similarly, on the obverse, the difference between the exposed surfaces of "IN GOD WE TRUST" and the surfaces between & adjacent to those letters jumps right out at me.
As I said, an unqualified opinion, but the difference between the easy-to-reach vs hard-to-reach areas strikes me as an artifact of cleaning.
Q/ Why do I stand alone on this?
A/ I'm wrong - okay, but why?
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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I would grade as follows
1) OC =Original Crud
2) BT =Bath Time
3) CD =Coin Dip
4) FD =Fashionably Dulled
5) SM =Smoke& Mirrors (hiding ?)
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Valued Member
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Bedrock of the Community
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Crazy hit it on the head for me.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Mine is an unqualified opinion, but I would have tagged #5 as cleaned.
On the reverse, look at the flat areas inside of "UNITED" and further along the circumference from "AMERICA" ... the flat areas, most easily reached by a cloth (for example), are gunk-free (technical term) ... while the hard-to-reach bits, such as the 1mm nearest the rim & wings, are full of gunk.
Similarly, on the obverse, the difference between the exposed surfaces of "IN GOD WE TRUST" and the surfaces between & adjacent to those letters jumps right out at me.
As I said, an unqualified opinion, but the difference between the easy-to-reach vs hard-to-reach areas strikes me as an artifact of cleaning.
Q/ Why do I stand alone on this?
A/ I'm wrong - okay, but why?
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey Your logic is sound and I believe that has happened to a number of coins re: artificial cleaning. Another possibility is that the coin circulated a bit, was put away and toned along with the gunk, for years -- then went back into circulation, leaving the toning and gunk in the crevices, while the exposed/higher areas were naturally "cleaned." |
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Another possibility is that the coin circulated a bit, was put away and toned along with the gunk, for years -- then went back into circulation, leaving the toning and gunk in the crevices, while the exposed/higher areas were naturally "cleaned." Thank you, two_tonevf35. A credible chain of events, but does it ever happen that way? The badly gunked coins that I have seen in circulation are almost always evenly gunked; once in a rare while, the highest areas will lighter, and I can see how rubbing around inside of a pocket or purse could do that. But when the lower, flatter areas have also been rubbed clean, I think of fingers, not pockets. The difference is between straight cloth (as in a pocket or a purse) and bent cloth (which begs the question as to what was bending the cloth). Cheers, /s/ ikeyPikey |
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I bought the 4th one. Doesn't look cleaned and the pictures don't do it justice, so I am happy, I guess. I would take pictures for you but my camera isn't good, I don't think.
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