1859 cent

coineverything
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Re: 1859 cent

Post by coineverything » Thu Jan 31, 2019 8:55 am

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Re: 1859 cent

Post by castor » Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:20 pm

Hello y coineverything

To help you, I enlarged your coin to see it better.

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Re: 1859 cent

Post by coineverything » Fri May 03, 2019 12:04 pm

Thank you castor,
Much easier to see now. So my question is about the different color lines going across the coin, i did not know if this was a naturall age thing, or if the coin may have been cleaned at some point. I don't clean my coins, i leave them the way i receive and have only noticed this type of thing on the large cent coins.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.

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Re: 1859 cent

Post by coinguy » Fri May 03, 2019 1:29 pm

Looks like what they call a "woodie" caused by an improper mixture of the alloy.
Looking at the original picture, it doesn't appear cleaned.

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Re: 1859 cent

Post by coineverything » Sat May 04, 2019 1:50 pm

great, thanks for the insight !

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