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Geseas
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by Geseas » Tue May 03, 2022 5:14 pm
Hello everyone.
JB sparked my interest in the 1879-S with all the work he just did on them.
Please take a look at these LFCPs of my 79-S:
- GCS6472.JPG (189.38 KiB) Viewed 1388 times
- GCS6459.JPG (196.77 KiB) Viewed 1388 times
My main interest is in the Rev. at the left star. By tweaking the 'Light' just right I came up with these two close-up photographs of my area of interest:
- GCS6481.JPG (267.32 KiB) Viewed 1388 times
- GCS6477.JPG (210.3 KiB) Viewed 1388 times
Could these be photographs of die gouges?
Update photo:
- gcs_planchet mb.jpg (264.32 KiB) Viewed 1333 times
From the above photo, I am thinking a Planchet error mimicking a die gouge...probably easy for them to do that!
I have attributed this coin as 1879-S Vam 12.
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Geseas on Sat Jul 02, 2022 5:11 pm, edited 6 times in total.
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messydesk
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by messydesk » Tue May 03, 2022 8:10 pm
For 79-S, start with the date, mint mark, and the leaves opposite the N in ONE.
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Vam-mysterio
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by Vam-mysterio » Tue May 03, 2022 8:50 pm
A little acetone bath in that area,
Will also help
Challenge yourself,start doing your own date study!
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Geseas
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by Geseas » Tue May 03, 2022 9:17 pm
Vam-mysterio wrote: ↑Tue May 03, 2022 8:50 pm
A little acetone bath in that area,
Will also help
I am afraid the acetone may wash my dreams away... I think those gouges are barely on there. I will work on the date first.
Thanks, you guys. I am allergic to C3H6O, anyway. (I had to look at the can for formula.)
Here is date:
- GCS6500_5.JPG (197.86 KiB) Viewed 1358 times
- Fogie 1879s V 11 compare.jpg (106.23 KiB) Viewed 1319 times
Mint mark:
- gcs_1879-s_MM.JPG (231.65 KiB) Viewed 1356 times
Leaves across from 'N' in 'ONE':
- GCS6523_2.JPG (164.66 KiB) Viewed 1353 times
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Geseas
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by Geseas » Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:50 pm
Vam-mysterio wrote: ↑Tue May 03, 2022 8:50 pm
A little acetone
bath in that area,
Will also help
Thanks for input!
I am contemplating giving this whole coin the fully submerged acetone bath; but I am also considering a treatment on the coin in just the
area of those striations pointed out on this 1879-S pictured above. I have mentioned doing this particle cleaning before on Vamworld; it was not received too well
Have you ever tried this? A little more aggressive than a stick poke but not a change that could risk getting a details grading.
The elusive DC would be nice, but the striations I am attempting to photograph here may not be strong enough to make that list. This is just a knowledge quest.
all comments appreciated on this great site!
A couple of photos of before:
- 78s_b4.JPG (89.82 KiB) Viewed 367 times
- 78s_b4.JPG (89.82 KiB) Viewed 367 times
