What's with this Jefferson

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• PrivateCoinCollector Posts: 2,415 ✭

  July 17, 2009 7:00AM

  Bad metal mix that may have ended up delaminating in part. Would need a better picture.

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• jonathanb Posts: 3,754 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 17, 2009 7:05AM

  Soak it in water for a while and see if the step goes away. I think you've got clear glue around the letters that has flaked off in the field.

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• TomB Posts: 22,083 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 17, 2009 7:07AM

  Looks like glue.

  Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography
  
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• ProofCents Posts: 1,656

  July 17, 2009 7:09AM

  Thats gotta be glue on it

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• FredWeinberg Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 17, 2009 7:16AM

  Damaged/altered after it was in circulation

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• BigDowgie Posts: 1,780 ✭✭✭✭

  July 17, 2009 8:04AM

  My vote is termites. Definitely termites.

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