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Mint issue or post mint issue

TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,513 ✭✭✭✭✭
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What could cause a coin to look VG, or worse on one side

And VF, or better on the other

...if it is not post mint damage ?

Any examples are welcome.

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  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    All sorts of things! One die could be so worn that much of its find detail is missing, the coin could have been saved or mounted so that only one side became worn. One side could be repaired and buffed down to hide it, etc.

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,632 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Perhaps used in jewelry.

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The dollar in my ring has seen better days. Been through a lot.

    I.... TOLD...em to NOT run the polish on the ...coin. :#

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Former jewelry would be my first guess....that produces wear on the exposed side and protects the covered side. Cheers, RickO

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