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A mark on the steps can occur during the stamping of a coin. These marks are referred to as "strike-throughs'. Or it could be something on the planchet that didn't get pressed out entirely durin… (View Post)

Try dog spit! But if you lack a dog.......Just roll your tongue around that coin for a few seconds and see what happens! You might be amazed at how lustrous you made your modern-day coin and at littl… (View Post)

I have 10+ broadstruck Jeffs and just about every one of them have immaculate (markfree) surfaces. There are 0 marks on these coins as if they were hand fed and carefully removed from the coin press … (View Post)

Here's one where the guy says it has FBL. :)… (View Post)

I would leave it alone. From the looks of it, it's been handled enough and most likely improperly stored. Here's an 1824 book that has almost the same state of deterioration but it is handleable with… (View Post)