1938 Canada Dollar, an odd reverse

YQQ

And yes, I am still around, but "barely kicking".

I am wondering what caused this "whatever" it is. (indicated with red arrows)

Is it worth a premium?
and please be so kind and grade the nice dollar for me
thank you all
H

DanB1962

I'm going to guess that's remaining dark toning after being cleaned. Is it not the same colouring as the interior of the 'O' in dollar?

TomB

The second set of images makes it appear to have been polished. If so, then the stuff pointed to by red arrows is just residual schmutz.

Sapyx

Polishing a tarnished silver coin with a polishing cloth (as opposed to dipping it in a solution of E-z-est or similar) will create little pockets of still-tarnished surface in the deep, hard-to-reach areas, like the gaps near the devices and inside the letters.

YQQ

Thank you all.
I do not own the subject coin and took the images from ma shop site (Guy Franquinett).
However, the second image (not the one with the arrows) is a high grade Uncleaned and not polished coin.
just curious if it is worth the grading expenses.
H

syl

In my opinion, no, not worth the cost.

VKurtB

@TomB said:
The second set of images makes it appear to have been polished. If so, then the stuff pointed to by red arrows is just residual schmutz.

Residual Schmutz? Wasn’t he a candidate for German Chancellor this past weekend on a minor party slate?

U1chicago

@VKurtB said:

@TomB said:
The second set of images makes it appear to have been polished. If so, then the stuff pointed to by red arrows is just residual schmutz.

Residual Schmutz? Wasn’t he a candidate for German Chancellor this past weekend on a minor party slate?

No it was the name of my high school band. We did a mean cover of 99 Luftballons!