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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Early cent with artsy damage & great eye appeal, I like it.
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@tropical bats, Another very attrative cool  coin tonight, though I would guess it's ruined unfortunately, still cool something I would most likely keep regardless  . Bj |
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Could be just artsy damage, but perhaps as early stage DIY pastry crimper instead.
"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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Pillar of the Community
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Cool it looks like a tire tread
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done by large 'Klein' type diagonal electrical wire cutters. But why to a 1919 cent? I wonder how long ago it was done though - the toning is uniform through-out the coin.
Edited by Dearborn
11/26/2022 3:47 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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That's cool I must agree.
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Pillar of the Community
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When I find damage to a coin that seems to have eye appeal I do keep it and have quite a number of them now. I like this one, and as noted, it seems like it was done to the coin many years ago based on the toning.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Probably altered with wire cutters. The die was showing a lot of polishing and reducing the devices on 'God, now saying ' Cud' But I've seen this before:  Edited by coop
11/26/2022 1:27 pm
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@coop, are you sure about that being die polishing and not mechanical flattening/damage from the crimping pliers, such as can be seen with the letters N, W, and T elsewhere in IGWT?
"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."
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Coop you are, again, wrong. There is no die polishing/reduced devices involved here, just as Spence notes areas where the devices were clipped a bit during the alteration. There is no need to add images to this thread showing something that is not involved with the original coin at all.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I like the look. I have a Dansco dedicated to Wheat cent post-strike curiosities. This one would have been an addition. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I like the term "post-strike curiosities". Years ago these were called FIDO but I like your wording better.
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Quote:
are you sure about that being die polishing and not mechanical flattening/damage from the crimping pliers I'm with Spence and Tropicalbats here - the top of the O of God was most likely squashed by the cutters/crimping tool, as it lines up perfectly with one of the gaps in the rim. Edited by Dearborn
11/26/2022 3:53 pm
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This is a very intresting piece. Very cool.
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Pillar of the Community
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interesting... very steampunk.
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