Calling all coin doctor detectives...........

jbsteven

What does the spot on the cheek look like to you?

BTW this is not my coin.

ultradmpldollars

nice luster..looks high grade..but the spot is nasty..

cosmos66

I dont know but I have one similar. I think something happened to it at PCGS while getting graded. I dont remember sending one in that looked like that.

mgoodm3

That there's spackle, fix most anything with it.

Seriously, though looks like a chunk of crud.

cosmos66

Its interesting that they are both 1878 morgans too ... I mean what are the odds?

razorface1027

Jimmy Durante at right face..... Better yet, a face on one of the old Cal. Gold pieces

MrEureka

What does the spot on the cheek look like to you?

Clearasil.

DHeath

I've seen it before, and don't know what it is, but it doesn't appear to be ON the surface, but rather part of the surface. I've seen it on Washington quarters. I'd love to hear a good explanation. On the Washingtons, it looks like a rough patch under a loupe. I always thought it was surface damage left by heavy toning that had been removed.

coinguy1

It might not be anything that was applied to the coin at all, but rather, what I like to refer to as "die burn" from the way the coin was minted. Hard to know for sure, just from an image, though.

BigE

Looks like silver putty to me and the coin turned in the holder, what is the assigned grade?-----------------------BigE

cosmos66

<< <i>Looks like silver putty to me and the coin turned in the holder, what is the assigned grade?-----------------------BigE >>



Mine came back as MS 63

jbsteven

it is a 1878 S in ms66

BigE

The putty must have looked nice when they first applied it-----------------BigE

Tonelover

I can't tell from the picture if it's an applied substance or mint related issue but if applied, likely a thumbing or putty in an attempt to cover up the counter marks. Or perhaps just "die burn" as Coinguy stated.