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Bedrock of the Community
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Given the photos posted, there appears to be a ridge ring--which can cause lettering details to appear worn. The ride ring is an artifact of advancing die deterioration--not uncommon.
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Bedrock of the Community
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A lot of split plating. zinc rots starts, there is no turning back for this coin. It is just a matter time. Very spendable.
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Completely agree I like to find and understand these discrepancies before I find them in a good condition coin. The more I learn now the less I ask later. There is just a big gap in knowledge on my part.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The gap in my knowledge seems to get bigger every year, not smaller.  Edited by Coinfrog
05/19/2021 2:08 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Thank you very much the article was very enlightening.
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Pillar of the Community
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It is a combination of maybe some minor grease and a heavily worn die.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree, looks like Ridge Ring, but it's very difficult to see your coin. Practice your photography please, and always show us both sides of the coin.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Using my tablet, gives me a new perspective of this coin. The motto devices were over polished, removing most of the devices. The Ridge Ring, removed the central areas of the devices. Nothing is widened like a Struck Through Grease issue. So the next time it faces alterations, it will be retired. Just pushing the dies past the limits. Just a spender coin, unless you want to save it as a show and tell coin to another new collector. No premium for this coin. Or just put it back to work. |
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Thank you very much Coop. I really appreciate the detailed explanation thinking about I have seen these before but I has been a while since I have not been actively hunting for sometime. I may keep it for an example.
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Well unlike Sherlock Holmes, I think out loud so everyone can follow along, and correct me it they see something else. Sometimes a tablet will let you enlarge images a lot more easily. The problem the tablet, it harder top images with. But I sometimes don't have access to my computer.
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