Micro Characteristics Quiz#4
Insider2
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Sorry, no prizes 
I am going to be posting micrographs of anything that can be found on coins. Some will be easy and some will not. The correct answer is whatever I say it is 
but feel free to disagree (giving your reason) so all of us can discuss it. I will usually post the answers late the next day after the quiz was posted.
In order to make this FUN for beginners. I'll ask the "experts" to PLEASE not guess what any of the images are until the next day. Otherwise, folks like (fill in the blank) will get all of them immediately - That's NO FUN. If no correct answer is given by the next day, the "experts" should PLEASE respond.
Hopefully, members will follow these suggestions:
1.Anyone can guess. That's because even an incorrect guess can open further discussion as to why it is incorrect.
2.The BEST guess is in two parts:
A. What characteristic the image shows.
B. What did you see in the image that led to your guess.
Comments
Yikes - scrapes in U and above in the dentils suggest this some sort of composition that has been plated (or gold leafed)?
Without seeing the reverse, this reminds me of a very minor rim clip. The scrape could be incidental as pmd.
My War Nickels https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/nickels/jefferson-nickels-specialty-sets/jefferson-nickels-fs-basic-war-set-circulation-strikes-1942-1945/publishedset/94452
Post Mint Damage on the rim and denticles.
OINK
Is it corrosion or some type coating which appears to be flaking off the letters and the field of the coin?
The rim just looks like it took a shot. (No pun intended.) So it would be PMD.
Cheap counterfit. Guts look off
PMD on the rim...and the letter(s) appear to be compressed (which destroys the frosting)... perhaps part of the same PMD that caused the rim damage. Cheers, RickO
Shield nickel with damage to rim but possible plating to make it look like a five dollar gold coin Racketeer nickel?
Ex jewelry piece
A. characteristic shown
A mark on rim that shows damage . there is flaking on some of the lettering
B What led to my guess
The rim mark looks like a mount squeezed the coin there. The flaking looks as if it was plated or a repair attempt failed
This is a Morgan dollar and the rim is not damaged. This characteristic is very common. What is it?
Just my thoughts, lacking luster for my comfort (Fair) of grade to be given.
Reboot. !
Someone gave me the cliff notes.
What!
Well I'll be darned... looked like damage on the rim...
I await my lesson....Cheers, RickO
Is this a slightly mis-aligned die example?
Please consider my posts as observations and NOT LESSONS.
A. What characteristic does the image show?
What I wished to show in this image is something very common that is associated with strike weakness (from whatever its cause). The rim of this original and MS dollar is not fully struck up.
B. What did you see in the image that led to your guess?
We named the "whiteish, broken, area of color: "Weak Strike Luster." It occurs on areas of the coin where the planchet did not come into either direct contact or a strong enough contact with the die to fill the design. A similar "look" can occur on strike through areas.
I'll post more images this week.
cool. I had never heard of that. Another day not wasted.