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Is on this coin? Pretty sure THIS isn't carbon spots.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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I have one similar , good question
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Ouch  ... Nice black eye she's got there  Anyway...If they are not carbon spots, I have no idea.. Edited by ChristinaM
09/25/2006 8:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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The seller of this coin has two like this but he doesn't know either.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How about Wagon Wheel grease? I know it's far fetched but, considering what was happening...wagons, horses and so forth. Just another of my wacky thoughts!  |
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The top part of the second "8" seems to be filled also.  |
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quote:
Originally posted by dsking
How about Wagon Wheel grease? I know it's far fetched but, considering what was happening...wagons, horses and so forth. Just another of my wacky thoughts!
 Surely it's carbon spots! :) sn31. |
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Sorry...that was my first thought when I looked at it...it looks greasy, like grease spots on concrete!
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If I didnt know better I would say it was mold like you get on bread |
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United States
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Maybe it was dipped in the past and not properly rinsed afterwards?
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quote:
Originally posted by Stujoe
Maybe it was dipped in the past and not properly rinsed afterwards?
That's what I was kinda wondering. |
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TLS: Have you sniffed the coin? I'm serious here! Is there an odor?
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United States
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Hi all, looks to me like something got spattered on it a long time ago, which eventually caused the tarnish/oxidation/toning of the spots. I have read that even a sneeze will eventually cause something like this as the material interacts with the silver and air.
Sooooo, don't eat, drink, cough, or sneeze over your raw coins, or someone in the far future may be having this conversation again!!!
ooops, no smilies on the quick replies,
Dennis
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quote:
Originally posted by dsking
TLS: Have you sniffed the coin? I'm serious here! Is there an odor?
I haven't sniffed it cause I haven't bought it yet. |
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Here's his other coin. The reverse is clean.Both coins are CC's  Edited by TLS5933
09/25/2006 10:38 pm
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That one looks almost burned but, the patterns aren't right for a burn that I can figure. Would high heat, indirectly, do that to a coin?
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Posted 09/25/2006 8:04 pm
