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WHY?
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:25 pmby avidbrandy
So I stopped by a bank today randomly and managed to get $22 in CWRs. Took them home, about 50% copper. and a 1922-D penny. However it's got this little writing on it. =( How badly does this mess up value? Is it worthless now? I've never encountered this. And I got my scanner working.
You can't really see from the photo but the lines above the wheats are all sharp. I'm still new at grading coins but it seems to be VF.
Re: WHY?
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:29 pmby bman
what is the writing, scratches, ink, pencil, chalk, any idea?
Re: WHY?
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:37 pmby avidbrandy
it seems to be light scratches.
Re: WHY?
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:41 pmby Thogey
What a shame.
You could probably rub it out with a little steel wool and Brasso. Or maybe neverdull.
What does the writing say? My wife thinks she see's '39', and now that she's moved her double ax-handle behind away from the computer I can finish my post.
May be the vandal had a sit down with the real PTB by now.
I once sold a shield nickle that had '1869' scratched on the back. It was a VF-EF otherwise . I got 10 bucks for it.
I could just picture some little kid, who already grew up, died and his great -great grand kids have no clue he existed, scratching that coin with a pin or nail 140 years ago.
Re: WHY?
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:45 pmby avidbrandy
left of lincolns head it says OCT 25 and above the date it says what looks like "ORA" with the quotations, and it's underlined. On the back at the bottom it says 25 sideways.
This is the best condition I've seen the stalks in on any wheat I've found so far.
Re: WHY?
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:00 pmby 68Camaro
Did a quick goggle and while I think it highly unlikely, the only thing that quickly correlated was this
http://www.jewishreview.org/arts/ORA-exhibit-at-mjcc
Re: WHY?
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:29 pmby Thogey
WTF?
I can't believe what I just read in that link. A modern day idiot defaced that pretty penny?
I think the jewish community owes reparations
Re: WHY?
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:01 pmby avidbrandy
It does seem like it could fit as the letters are all caps, and I don't know how often underline and quotations were used together until recently. However I can't see anyone being dumb enough to do that and then put it back in circulation.
Re: WHY?
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:21 pmby reddirtcoins
not as bad as my nail hole... lol
Re: WHY?
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:24 pmby beauanderos
avidbrandy wrote:left of lincolns head it says OCT 25 and above the date it says what looks like "ORA" with the quotations, and it's underlined. On the back at the bottom it says 25 sideways.
This is the best condition I've seen the stalks in on any wheat I've found so far.
25 is the IQ of the idiot who defaced it
Re: WHY?
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:04 pmby thaler
Thogey wrote:What a shame.
You could probably rub it out with a little steel wool and Brasso. Or maybe neverdull.
What does the writing say? My wife thinks she see's '39', and now that she's moved her double ax-handle behind away from the computer I can finish my post.
May be the vandal had a sit down with the real PTB by now.
I once sold a shield nickle that had '1869' scratched on the back. It was a VF-EF otherwise . I got 10 bucks for it.
I could just picture some little kid, who already grew up, died and his great -great grand kids have no clue he existed, scratching that coin with a pin or nail 140 years ago.
STEEL WOOL & BRASSO?!! 
Re: WHY?
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:43 pmby Thogey
Hey there thaler,
Don't be shocked, this is my job here at Realcent.
It was a joke and I wouldn't have wrote it if I thought avidbrandy
would have taken it seriously.
Please don't clean that coin, or any coin, (unless it's a parking lot zinc with a blob of chewing gun on it).
Re: WHY?
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:51 pmby thaler
whew!!!!!!! you scared the $h!t out of me there for a minute Thogey...lol
Re: WHY?
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:56 pmby bgretz1989
Thogey wrote:Hey there thaler,
Please don't clean that coin, or any coin, (unless it's a parking lot zinc with a blob of chewing gun on it).
no need to clean that zinc either. just let the ryedale take care of it. the wheel will just push it right off the penny for you.
Re: WHY?
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Wed Jun 29, 2011 11:24 pmby beauanderos
Besides being a full-time Californian hater Thogey is also good part time for laughs
Re: WHY?
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Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:32 amby avidbrandy
So I went and bought some steel wool and... I don't think this was a good....oh....oh I see...
Re: WHY?
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Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:44 amby Thogey
beauanderos wrote:Besides being a full-time Californian hater Thogey is also good part time for laughs
That's not fair Ray. I love Californians. I just prefer the way the look in their natural habitat which is the paradise of California.
Re: WHY?
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Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:25 pmby Tourney64
Color in the picture is very brown. Most of my older coins are a more of a tan color. Does is weigh correctly - 3.11 grams?