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A bad planchet or something else?

Was wondering what you think about this 1805


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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Appears to be environmental damage... Long exposure to an unfavorable environment. Cheers, RickO

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,148 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Post mint damage. Probably corrosion.

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    Thanks for the comments I'm curious about why none of the devices are affected by the ev-damage or corrosion?

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    lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 9,517 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree with the Environmental Damage but it also looks like the coin was cleaned as well... look at the parallel lines along Liberty's forehead and in the clouds on the reverse. Perhaps this processing smoothed some of the corrosion patches...

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    ms71ms71 Posts: 1,684 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yup, cleaned, but not overly aggressively. Cleared off all the high areas, but didn't get into the lower-lying surfaces.

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 33,980 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 25, 2023 11:38AM

    thats a decent find if found. its to bad about the rest of it, just saying

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    JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice find with PMD.

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    NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 11,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Agreed MDF

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