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  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’ll be the bad guy - the coin looks rather harshly cleaned. Still, if you’re happy with it, that’s what counts.

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  • FHCFHC Posts: 325 ✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:
    I’ll be the bad guy - the coin looks rather harshly cleaned. Still, if you’re happy with it, that’s what counts.

    I agree it looks cleaned. But there is something specific about this coin that makes it neat.

  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cleaned bullion. Next! Heh

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  • thefinnthefinn Posts: 2,657 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @FHC said:

    @MFeld said:
    I’ll be the bad guy - the coin looks rather harshly cleaned. Still, if you’re happy with it, that’s what counts.

    I agree it looks cleaned. But there is something specific about this coin that makes it neat.

    It was cleaned with the first Brillo pad?

    thefinn
  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 4, 2019 9:08PM

    If you think neat....then neat it is.

  • FHCFHC Posts: 325 ✭✭✭

    @thefinn said:

    @FHC said:

    @MFeld said:
    I’ll be the bad guy - the coin looks rather harshly cleaned. Still, if you’re happy with it, that’s what counts.

    I agree it looks cleaned. But there is something specific about this coin that makes it neat.

    It was cleaned with the first Brillo pad?

    Haha! Maybe but what makes it neat is the edge lettering is completely doubled.

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  • DrizztDrizzt Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭

    Well, that IS cool. But your nails have PVC damage.

  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ok not just bullion. I like the edge lettering.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well that is interesting... I agree about the cleaning...but the doubled edge lettering would make me interested....Cheers, RickO

  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,581 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well, I was thinking another cleaned CBH until I saw the edge lettering...

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  • NysotoNysoto Posts: 3,824 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice edge! I have one with double edge lettering from the Russ Logan auction:

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,718 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Two trips through the Castaing machine somehow?

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  • NysotoNysoto Posts: 3,824 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Two trips through the Castaing machine somehow?

    When the doubled lettering is close together as on these examples, the blank planchet was stuck on the edge dies and did not drop into the hopper, and when the mechanism was drawn back to the starting place the planchet had another set of lettering - it was then manually removed. Doubled lettering that is not close together had two separate trips through the Castaing machine. A few coins have triple or quadruple edge lettering.

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  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,700 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Most likely cleaned, like many Bust halves rolling around out there. Still cool though.

    Dave

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  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 7, 2019 12:10PM

    @Nysoto said:
    A few coins have triple or quadruple edge lettering.

    i've seen 0, 1, 2, and 3 but never a quad. what a sight it must be!
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  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have a few of these, and I thought that I was the only one to collect them.

    Even neater are those with blank edges.

    Frank

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  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 6, 2019 11:15AM

    @FHC said:

    @MFeld said:
    I’ll be the bad guy - the coin looks rather harshly cleaned. Still, if you’re happy with it, that’s what counts.

    I agree it looks cleaned. But there is something specific about this coin that makes it neat.

    NOW I KNOW WHY I ONLY BOTHERED TO LOOK AT THE IMAGES IN THE OP FOR LESS THAN 10 seconds when nothing of ANY INTEREST AT ALL was visible. Yes, a very neat coin after all.

    Here is my neat coin. Can you guess what is special about it? :(

  • FHCFHC Posts: 325 ✭✭✭

    @Insider2 said:

    @FHC said:

    @MFeld said:
    I’ll be the bad guy - the coin looks rather harshly cleaned. Still, if you’re happy with it, that’s what counts.

    I agree it looks cleaned. But there is something specific about this coin that makes it neat.

    NOW I KNOW WHY I ONLY BOTHERED TO LOOK AT THE IMAGES IN THE OP FOR LESS THAN 10 seconds when nothing of ANY INTEREST AT ALL was visible. Yes, a very neat coin after all.

    Here is my neat coin. Can you guess what is special about it? :(

    Doubled reeding?

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