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charlie.turner
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Frosty penny

#1 Unread post by charlie.turner »

I've got a '79 LMC. Very frosty appearance.
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I'm new to this. Any help?
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#2 Unread post by Daniel »

It's not frosty as from the mint etched die but this would be cleaned, or altered in some way, post mint. I can't see the coin well enough to be sure.

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#3 Unread post by Paul »

from these pics here .....

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this coin looks "FLASH DIPPED" to me .....
....where the 'darker' obverse lower right, & the reverse upper right, were the areas on the coin where it was held on to while 'dunking' ... JMO
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