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What is a plastic die cover punch? John1  |
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 Only thing I could find was this. |
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Another picture.  |
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Your coin looks like maybe paint was on it. Not a struck through...IMHO. John1 |
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Looks like a dried liquid, possibly a glue, paint, ink, etc. Dip a Q-Tip in some acetone and see if it dissolves onto the cotton.
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10/01/2021 10:30 am
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 After acetone nothing really happened. Looks like a thin layer of a metal...sodder of some sort maybe. The edges are what have me perplexed. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Some sort of foreign substance in any event.  to the CCF! |
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@coin, can you please post the weight of this piece? I can't tell if we are looking at a darker surface staining/foreign substance on a normal Peace dollar or a base metal counterfeit with silver plating that has started to peel away. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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26.72 not the best scale but it's been pretty reliable over the years. It has that silver ring and feel to it. My grandfather left me 16 Peace dollars. It doesn't look like peeling under the 10x and seems raised so slightly. Just strange looking. |
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Ok yes definitely strange looking. I assume the reverse is unremarkable?
"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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Yes. Pretty boring.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Interesting that it's an "S" mm Here is another post with a similar surface http://goccf.com/t/391273Mine is also a 22-S I've never heard of struck through plastic? Just throwing this out there... Could there be a progression of this struck through plastic? As more coins are struck...less of the plastic is on the die leaving a different surface image until the plastic covering the die is completely removed? idk...? Would be interesting to see more examples though. smat |
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I'm going with struck thru. If it was something applied to the surface, after the strike, you wouldn't have the detail in that area. And it would be above the surface of the coin.
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It appears to be toning or environmental damage of some sort. You can see the foreign substance has been rubbed off on Miss Liberty's nose and the rim. You can also see a similar residue between the 9 and 2 in the date. The substance is above the original surface, meaning it happened after the mint. It could be anything from solder to toning, but either way I say PMD. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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