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Joecontois Valued Member United States 418 Posts	Posted 06/06/2018 03:50 am So I kind of figured out the deal with the coin. I looked at the book it came from and saw some similar letters on other coins. I could make out the name of the town I live in on one coin and the word 'company' on another coin. So something made the 'negative' of those words appear on the coins. The letters are the "cleaner" part of the coin and the dirtiness around it makes the words visible. Report this Post to the Staff
jmwilson Valued Member 240 Posts	Posted 06/06/2018 09:21 am Real! Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189110 Posts	Posted 06/06/2018 09:24 am Quote: So I kind of figured out the deal with the coin... Makes sense. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 06/06/2018 10:35 am Could this "book" have been a folder where you push the coin in and can see only one side of the coin? Last page is a single sheet with information on it that holds in over the last page of coins when the folder is closed? On OLD whitman type folders where the coins have been left undisturbed for a LONG time the ink in that page causes a slight "toning " reaction on the coins that causes the printing to "tone" into the coin in a mirror image. Report this Post to the Staff
Joecontois Valued Member United States 418 Posts	Posted 06/06/2018 7:24 pm Gary, you have hit the nail on the head. It was a Whitman folder and only the coins on the last page seem to be affected. And the collection came from someone who was probably in his 80's and had been collecting since at least 1972. I deduced that from the date on the envelope of Eisenhower dollars he bought. Thank you so much for your answer. So the big question, what does that mean for the value of my coins? Edited by Joecontois 06/06/2018 7:30 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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