Here's an auction for a 20¢ piece that I was tempted to bid on (but what would I do with it). Nice detail on the obverse, but look at the reverse...and both sides cleaned. Horrible!
That almost looks like dip residue - you should write a note to the seller and see if you can find out what it is - it might be removable without further damaging the coin.
That my friend is tobacco stains.That is a coin that was used when a person cut his cigar.Notice all the straight lines,those were created by a knife edge.
Braddick has plans.... he will carry that in his pocket and rub it all days until the wear makes those knife lines vanish. Then he will get it slabbed PO01!
Maybe Braddick can shed some more light on the coin, or the practices of cutting drugs on the coin. It's from Chile! I wonder if B is going to send it to the crime lab to test it for controlled substances!
.....GOD
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"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
This one is going straight into my Dansco. Really, it's the obverse that shows in these albums most the time a collector won't turn the page to veiw the back. I just wanted a "cool" coin to display in that album that wouldn't set me back a ton. ANY 20c for under $50.00 is tough, unless you're looking for a washed out GD/VG.
Awwww....and I thought you were going to use the coin to train your new K-9!!!
.....GOD
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
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Frank
Can you elaborate? I vaguely recall hearing that those were used to cut cigars but what is the whole story? Why 20 cent pieces?
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"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
I just wanted a "cool" coin to display in that album that wouldn't set me back a ton.
ANY 20c for under $50.00 is tough, unless you're looking for a washed out GD/VG.
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"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22