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Confused, I felt initially. Looks like scum
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What is your initial reaction to this coin? Don't overthink your choice, but please feel free to add comments! Whatever you want to call it, corrosion, verdigris, toning, patina.....................mother-nature is taking it back. Edited by MOS0239
11/15/2020 6:17 pm
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Looks like scum Thanks for following my suggestion of registering an initial reation  . Probably an American thing, but we've got this big statue with the same stuff (@DBM said as much), that we are quite used to ... Quote:
...mother-nature is taking it back. @MOS, yes indeed, and I think @twslisa said more or less the same thing. Pretty sure I will be even greener than this coin 40 years from now, when its next owner might observe it and wonder about is appearance ... and maybe even post a similar question here  Edited by tdziemia
11/15/2020 8:32 pm
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when its next owner might observe it and wonder about is appearance A truer statement has never been spoken here. "EVERY" coin on this forum will be in someone else's collection one day! Edited by MOS0239
11/15/2020 9:28 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not my area of collecting, but I like the look. It seems stable enough, at least for years or decades.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Chemically speaking, patina and corrosion are exactly the same thing.
As you see it, grade and value this one for what you think it may be worth.
(actually I do that with all coins.)
I collect World coin al all centuries and cultures, an so if it came my way at a reasonably (very) low cost, I would consider buying it.
My intention would be to fully investigate the history behind it, and write a short statement on the 2x2 which would hold it - in tiny lettering.
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United States
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Looks like bronze disease to me.
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Well my initial reaction (since you said don't overthink) is that coin needs help. My second reaction after looking a little longer is wow that patina/corrosion on this coin is kind of growling on me.  I would not have a problem with this coin in my collection. |
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United States
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Thanks to everyone for sharing their thoughts. Two final comments: 1. I did buy this coin recently, at a very reasonable price,in an ebay auction. I had bought a 1744 of the same type at an auction about a month ago, for twice as much. It too has some greenish-white deposits on the obverse, much less uniform. 2. Here is the label on the ANACS slab, which likely turned off some potential bidders  |
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