What is altered surfaces?

I keep getting this on bagged coins, not cleaned or AT but altered surfaces.
What is it?
What is it?
I seldom check PM's but do check emails often jason@seated.org
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<< <i>A dipped and retoned copper coin would get that designation. Also a whizzed coin I believe. >>
No, a whizzed coin will get a "whizzed" designation
bob
Prey tell...what does plumbers putty do?????
<< <i>Besides dipping (main culpret I believe) coins can be thumbed, erased, or plumbers puttied too.
bob
Plumbers putty? What about silly putty?
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<< <i>Besides dipping (main culpret I believe) coins can be thumbed, erased, or plumbers puttied too.
bob
Plumbers putty? What about silly putty?
Yes, that's it, I meant silly putty!! No, really plumbers putty temporairily hides the sruffs you see on the Morgan dollar
cheeks. However, later it turns to a soft golden brown type of AT.
At least this is what I was told by my plumber!
bob
PS anyone actually do this? IF so please report your findings!!
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PVC damage was the first assessment on this coin. I didn't do anything except mistakenly sent it in again a year later and it came back bagged for "altered surfaces".
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<< <i>Besides dipping (main culpret I believe) coins can be thumbed, erased, or plumbers puttied too.
bob
Plumbers putty? What about silly putty?
Yes, that's it, I meant silly putty!! No, really plumbers putty temporairily hides the sruffs you see on the Morgan dollar
cheeks. However, later it turns to a soft golden brown type of AT.
At least this is what I was told by my plumber!
bob
PS anyone actually do this? IF so please report your findings!! >>
Your plummer is a coin collector? I take it he collects morgans.
Several graders seeing a coin as damaged, and then seeing the same coin in a completely different light, still makes no sense to me. It's not like the metal on the coin was magically transformed overnight or anything. Just ridiculous...