Bampaw's hoard- Walking Liberty surface condition. 0

[Liam ll]

Have several walking liberties that have a "mottled" look on the surface. Unsure if the pics will show it as good, Unoticeable until its magnified by the camera lens. Is this indicative of cleaning or chemical damage? 

[J P M]

 Cameras show things you don't see right away . Sometimes it is just fine scratches on the case. You have to look at it from many angels to be sure.

[JT2]

It would be better if you took them out of the plastic to look at them.. sometimes the plastic can have things on it that looks like it is on the coin.  don't ever touch the faces of the coin and hold only by the rims.  If these are circulated it could be stains and circulation wear.

[Just Bob]

These look very "white." You could be seeing residue from a dip that was not completely removed.

How is it going with sorting through the "hoard?"

[RWB]

The coin pictured was likely pulled from circulation. Might have been washed. Are the others similar?

[Henri Charriere]

[In the very last photo, coming in at PP#4, directly behind Ms. Walking Liberty, may be observed an apparition of a man panning for gold, facial features clear as day: head, eyes, mouth, firearm holstered on right side resting on right leg,  cane propped across his left...  I would not want to speculate as to why the noted engraver placed it on this coin. (Hint: to improve your viewing experience, "hold" photo from a distance of not less than one foot.)]   

[Liam ll]

Went through forty of them pulled out the worst ones. Does look like some type of cleaning residue on them. The hairlines on the last photo are obvious on several in a different container. Those have an oily bright shine. There's around 60 total, most with similar issues. The box they came in was from New York. 

 Also in response to another question, going through the hoard has been interesting and time consuming. All of the ungraded gold tested out as gold at a local dealer, will send them in grading later. All of the graded gold checks out according to the bar codes on the NGC and PCGS holders, mainly PCGS, mostly ST. Gaudians, only a couple of CC's. All of the graded Morgans bar codes check out as well, a couple CC's there also. I split up the piles of ungraded Morgan's, proofs, commemorative sets, early 1900's pennies, nickels, and dimes between the nieces and nephew, perhaps it will fuel an interest in something outside of digital games. Found some foreign ones that will be sent in for authentication and grading also. Not sure about the stack of Canadian gold proofs, will decide after further research on the Canadian portion of the pile. Franklin proofs are the next in line..On a different note...It appears that the decline in quality of the coins coincide with the progression of the Parkinson's he had. The majority of the coins, and all of the Gold are still in the original mailed boxes, with invoices etc. so the timeline is obvious. The above mentioned Liberties were some of the latter purchases. Their condition doesn't reflect his other usual choices, and there are multiple invoices noting refused coins, returns, and reimbursement on other coins. Ol' BamPaw kept good records...reflecting all of those years in the military...WWII..he almost got kicked out after Pearl Harbor, was brought up on charges for "stealing" a civilian boat and equipment. They dropped it after farce hearing although he was guilty. Him and another guy "commandeered" a civilian boat and equipment and went out and cut a hole in the side of one of the ships that had rolled over in Pearl Harbor. Luckily it allowed a guy trapped inside to get out. The charge was dismissed because they were still under fire...none of the family knew about it until the man that climbed out of that hole he cut showed up at his memorial and told it. Ol" Bam Paw could keep a secret. Then it was the Korean War and after on to becoming an Engineer, participating in developing and testing Missile systems, retiring from White Sands Missile Base and continuing on as a Civil Engineer doing the same work. Parkinson's was the closest medical description they could come up with...he wondered if it really came from those "early" years and tests before they knew what they were dealing with. Well..way the heck off topic, apologies. Ol' BamPaw was definitely a Seasoned Veteran.

[RWB]

Members will be interested to see photos of some of the coins, especially the Carson Mint pieces.

[Liam ll]

Cool, the CC's are tossed up in the mix of the rest. I'll see if I can find them tonight. I'm not an organized collector, just have some packages of stuff. Bunch of Bam paw's coin's, lot of stamps, some really cool Native American Artifacts.

[Liam ll]

Bam Paw's Hoard is really cool...