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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i have this listed as a 1868,var. 905--but I don't know what to make of the finish---very gainy--thanks for any help--   |
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Pillar of the Community
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My first thought was some type of environmental damage. Looks like it was etched by a chemical or something. Maybe a very bad cleaning.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
594 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4589 Posts |
Acidic soil? Preferentially removed the copper leaving the nickel
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7617 Posts |
Looks like it was treated with Nic A Date to enhance the details.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10034 Posts |
A number of years ago (when ebay did nothing to stop it) I deliberately bought a lot of the Big Tree company's Chinese fakes off of ebay. The finish on yours, at least in these pictures, looks just like the typical porous nature of the cast fakes I got. The mushy details of yours also matches that of a cast fake. I bought one of the fake Shield nickels, but its packed someplace so I cannot get pictures. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like it was treated with Nic A Date to enhance the details.  it's official, it's a detailed coin!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
definitely |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
247 Posts |
Too bad as this a difficult variety to acquire! I got my rev 68 no broken letters in VF20 with problems to complete my rev of 68 set.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36710 Posts |
No matter what it is, it's a goner.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
992 Posts |
I'm leaning towards fake...
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I'm leaning towards fake... Why? |
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Posted 06/21/2020 5:42 pm
