PMD 1852 2.50 Gold ?
Cacoinguy
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What do you think? What could cause this?
Obviously the scratches are PMD but what about the rest
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Blowtorch?
There are better ways to get rid of those small copper spots...
Environmental of some sort. You sure its genuine? Let's see the obverse.
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Tried to remove solder would be my guess. Probably used to be stuck to a pin or jewelry.
Does it matter?
I agree with jwitten... likely was soldered in a piece of jewelry... and, as TDN said... it really does not matter, the coin is destroyed numismatically. Cheers, RickO
Looks like some kind of blade was used as well.
Just struck me as strange the way multiple layers were removed but details could still be seen under
I'm going to throw out some "high falutin" words that may or may not be actually true to make a point. The internal crystalline atomic structure of a coin's interior retains an image of the struck coin due to the stresses from being struck.