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Valued Member
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What would be the value of it?
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Valued Member
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Is it possible for this coin to even exist?
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Forum Dad
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OK here are a couple pictures of it. They are not so good but they get the image across. Can anyone tell me what I have here?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like it was dipped into acid. Note the copper is eaten away from the edge. The coin was altered. Not a mint error.  Edited by coop
05/29/2022 6:21 pm
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Forum Dad
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Yup, think coop nailed it.
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Valued Member
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So then it wouldn't be wrong of me to try to clean it up then to see if there is actually some lettering that I can uncover?
How would I go about that? The coloring in the picture may be off somewhat because I used a program to clean up the pictures somewhat.
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So then it wouldn't be wrong of me to try to clean it up then to see if there is actually some lettering that I can uncover? This coin is a spender due to the damage from acid. You could give it a bath in pure Acetone if you wanted. In general cleaning is frown upon but coins like this can give you an opportunity to see what happens. "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
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Polish a wrecked car in the junkyard, but it will not make it look like new. Just a waste of time. Move onto more coins to search. Once damaged, there is no coming back.
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Forum Dad
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Yeah, there's no lettering there.
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Valued Member
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Here's an update on this subject for anyone who is interested. I was looking at a post made by Rich C back on 3/30/18 who had a question about a 2000 P Sacagawea with edge lettering and found what looked like a slight similarity to my own 2000 P Sacagawea. My own seems to be pressed deeper than his. It looks like his may have a groove running around the circumference like mine does. But even though there is something pressed into the edge, it doesn't look like it is lettering. Here is another picture that I took after I cleaned it up a bit.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Just like acid dipped quarters, the copper layer suffers.  Not a mint error. Post Strike Damage with acid. Spender. |
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Sorry if I'm beating a dead horse here but here are a couple more pics. I really do see something on the edge.   |
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Forum Dad
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Sorry but it's exactly what coop says it is.
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