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Valued Member
United States
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Should I wait for the Smithsonian to call?   |
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Valued Member
 United States
66 Posts |
It's very unusual
Does anyone have an idea why it's embossed across the entire field
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1658 Posts |
It looks like it was glued to something. The imprint, and the glue residue is what you are seeing.
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Moderator
 United States
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Yes agreed--that looks like dried glue, with the partial imprint of something still visible.
"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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19213 Posts |
A soak in pure acetone might remove much of the feature in question. The coin didn't leave the striking chamber in this condition.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
  to the CCF! |
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Moderator
United States
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you can see parts of the 'glue' is flaking off the coin. |
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Valued Member
United States
66 Posts |
I've been scratching it hard with my fingernail under water and this is all I can get off of it so far it looks like it was part of the coin I don't know maybe not but I'm almost convinced  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10635 Posts |
Water won't do much. Try an acetone soak. If it still doesn't come off freely, it's etched onto the surface. Either way, it's most post damage.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1658 Posts |
Even if the acetone doesn't do it, it is definitely still just something stuck on the coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
Something 1994 on the glue mirrored.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3237 Posts |
There are infinite ways to impair a coin after it leaves the mint, and only finitely many ways that an error can occur in the minting process. How exactly this coin came to look this way, anyone can guess. All I can say with 100% certainty is this is not an error.
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