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New Member
United States
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Hi all! If this is actually an OMM, thinking that this is somewhere between Stage D and Stage F. There is a gouge north of the N and a faint scratch running northwest of the T on the reverse as indicated on VarietyVista. Does this appear to be the real McCoy? Thanks!       |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2156 Posts |
Nice find! Looks good to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5887 Posts |
Mint mark location and OMM look right. Very nice find!
-CH27
Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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Moderator
United States
34410 Posts |
@zaphod, this is a very nice find--well done!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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New Member
 United States
42 Posts |
Awesome, thank you for the confirmation!
Thanks!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
74177 Posts |
Great find!
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7033 Posts |
Well, since you have the coin in hand, I'd have to agree with you. Looks right on this side of my screen...nice find..  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
713 Posts |
Excellent find and nice pics.
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Valued Member
United States
376 Posts |
Congratulations. Nice find.
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Moderator
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
Looks like the coin some where in the past had been treated with olive oil. (thus the shiny finish. that was the thing to add to your copper cents in the 1950's and 1960's.) I now use mineral oil if I need to remove gunk from around the devices. But I seldom do this.   Edited by coop
02/27/2020 7:45 pm
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New Member
United States
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Coop, that was going to be one of my next posts! I have many with that glossy oily surface, and didn't know the substance or time of application. Awesome!
Thanks everyone for your input and encouragement! It really enhances the experience of coin hunting.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Don't do this for nice coins. Just the ones that you need to see something that is covered. I may do this to coins once time per year. BU coins and Proof coins will not respond to this treatment. I will make them worse. Always experiment on just circulation coins before attempting to do this. If it is a variety coin, I would think twice about bathing them. Why? Because in the grit there is sometimes sand present. This will scratch a coin if pushed aside incorrectly. So do this very, very, very sparingly. If you remove the mint surface off a variety coin, the value can drop as much as 90%. Best to leave them the way there are than to ruining them doing the wrong thing. What maybe done as acceptable today can in the future be looked back and they will be saying: "Why did they do that?" So only on an absolute need, or if you think you got the procedure down correctlym would you ever want to try this.
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