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Oh yeah.....ASE's spot up like nobody's business with pretty much no provocation whatsoever. It's like zinc rot on Zincolns.......it's pretty much an inevitability.

Yeah....those plating blisters can be absolute bastards and fake you out like crazy!! When I was first starting back up with collecting in 1999, I cannot tell you how many 1980's and 1990's Zincolns faked me out with things like this. It's a common occurrence with Zincolns and people who look at coins closely.

Update-the 1979-S Type 2 Kennedy Half Dollar has sold and the link has been removed. Thanks So Much!!

Greenstang has it right.....the obverse is just toned.

Thanks Coinbuf......I didn't catch the cleaning on the 1923-S from the pics. I appreciate your chiming in on this one!!

To reference back to another post of yours, Roger, good thing for the thieves that they didn't do this during the Middle Ages. What they would have gotten would have been a lot worse than a trip to the penitentiary. I'm thinking that if this had happened in the Eastern Roman Empire, they would have been down a nose, one or both hands and possibly their eyes......if they weren't outright executed.

Hi again Mike!!! Well, both of those are common dates in the Peace Dollar series. The 1923-S looks like it's circulated and with the spots, it's probably not worth much over silver value. The 1924, while also a common date, does look nicer. That being said though, I'm going to let some of the others chime in on grade and price......I've been told I can be brutal with grading Peace Dollars and I'm out of touch with the market for them.....I know that the 2021 silver dollar issues have impacted the prices of the actual circulation issues as well. ~Tom

They look pretty good...in my opinion, the Type 2 is a BIG improvement over the old design in every way imaginable. Still not an ASE guy, but I think I should be able to turn my set into some Faustinas pretty easily

In looking at the coin, I think Jonathan has this just right.....the coin is well worn, so the weight difference is likely due to wear.

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That's a great use for it!

Definitely. No question about it. It'd be a Details coin. To be perfectly candid, that coin isn't worth grading. I don't think anyone would pay more than silver melt value for it, honestly.

I totally believe it. I've seen some insane prices for PO-1, FR-2 and AG-3 Eisenhower Dollars among PCGS Lowball collectors. I've even sold a lowball Ike, a 1971-D Friendly Eagle that was a G-6. That's likely the lowest grade one could be and still be recognizably the Friendly Eagle variety. Any lower than G, the pickup points for that variety are completely annihilated.

I can't say I'm surprised this one is basically doomed, Roger. Whatever is going on with it is nasty!! I don't think anything could really save it. I wonder if NCS would even be able to....but even if they were, a 1900-P Morgan isn't valuable enough to justify the expense.

No problem, Joe. Always a pleasure to help you out. And you're likely right on about that zinc rot.....I'd say most Zincolns are likely doomed at some point. Zinc rots with little provocation anyway, but the worst thing you can do is plate zinc with another metal.....that makes it even more unstable and prone to disintegrating. Another genius move by the U.S. Mint.

Hello and Welcome sdysart!! Greenstang nailed this one......those are bag marks. Your coin was just hit with the edge of another coin, causing the indentations you are seeing. It's not an error.

Hi Joe!!! Well, that's an interesting 1994-D Lincoln there......I'm not certain but I'm going to vote for one hell of a plating blister in an interesting place. I couldn't find anything listed for a 1994-D that looked like that in any variety listings. But I could be wrong.....I'm sure the others will chime in soon. ~Tom

And combined with Alex's observation.....once again, uh oh....

Update-I fixed the links for the 1904-S 50 Centavos and the 1966 SMS Roosevelt Dime. Thanks to Just Bob for letting me know I made a mistake.....it's been a while since I posted a sales thread!!!

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Hello and Welcome Dejone!! From what I'm seeing, your cent has environmental damage, which is damage caused by a chemical reaction of the metals that make up the coin with something in the environment. Copper and zinc are both very reactive metals and can do some weird things due to environmental damage.

Nope. That's not the 1984 DDO. The 1984 DDO jumps right off the coin at you without any magnification. Courtesy of our host's Variety Plus page:

Hi Mike! The 1922-D is a common date in the Peace Dollar series. Your circulated example is likely worth a little over silver value, but not much.

I think GBrad and Greenstang are correct on all counts.

Uh oh.......