Uneven toning, usually characterized by splotchy areas of drab colors.
Motto
An inscription or phrase on a coin.
F
Uneven flat strike
Domitian
Barbaric mint
dupondius
This coin is poorly struck to an extreme. It is half flat but earns points by having the better half (head of Athena) present and losing the feet.
Mintmark unevenly spaced, with first C 0.8 mm. above V and second C 0.6 mm. above E. The difference is dramatic enough to describe the mintmark as having second C very low.
Purchased from Doug Weaver, August 30, 1973.
Scarce 1875-CC Half Eagle ...
Splotchy, uneven toning.
Motto
An inscription on a coin. The most popular being IN GOD WE TRUST, which first appeared on the 1864 two-cent piece and is now is required on all U.S. coinage.
Wear may be uneven but is still some 50% - 80% of the main design. However all outlines of the main design are intact.
G
"Good" ...
uneven, two tiny pits,
otherwise a sharply struck EF
The star within crescent is a well known Roman astrological motif,
particularly associated with the Severan dynasty.
It may represent an occultation or eclipse. ...
D. Planchet Size Uneven thickness of planchets.
II. DESIGN
A. Shared Metal ...
mottled toning Uneven toning, usually characterized by splotchy areas of drab colors.
Motto An inscription on a coin - especially IN GOD WE TRUST, which first appeared on the 1864 two-cent piece andnow is required on all U.S. coinage.
mottled toning: uneven or mixed coloring on a coin.
Motto: legends like "IN GOD WE TRUST" or "E PLURIBUS UNUM" that appear on many U.S. coins.
The first N in ENGLAND in quite poor having been unevenly formed with a thin diagonal scratch as the center stroke. Also note below the 6 is a large dot just about in the center of the coin.
Although, it appears that edge#3 is uneven, close observation of edge indicate that this edge has also been sheared before punch-marking (figure 10). One possible reason why the edge looks so wavy (figure 11) could be due to metal flow (i.e.
A bit offcentered each side, typical uneven strike with weak sections, Fine-About Very Fine, 3 examples pictured separately below, each....$150
B. 2.5gPhoto
C. 2.4gPhoto ...
A useful, though somewhat uneven, treatment of statistics and computers, as well as various methods of metal analysis, can be found in vol. II of M. Price et al., eds., A Survey of Numismatic Research 1978-1984 (London, 1986) pp. 961-1076.
The return trip to Chicago on the midnight train was uneventful, except for a popcorn fight instigated by Secretary M. Vernon Sheldon. The next Bulletin, in June 1937 reports that the return trip was not as uneventful as previously reported.
Even after they retone, they tend it tends to be uneven and a slightly odd colour (watch out for dark areas). See that red in the recesses of that VF copper coin? Not a good sign! ...
It has a slightly uneven and conchoidal fracture, a hardness of 6-6.5, and a specific gravity of 4.95-5.10.
The lettering is too uneven, especially on the shield.
/a column supports the shield.
This issue with the supporting column is the first after the elevation of Decentius.
Prototype: RIC Lyons 122, page 186.
AE21. 6:00. 4.28 grams.
The spring and summer of 1852 were generally uneventful in the area of private coinage. The new United States Assay Office $10 and $20 issues seemingly met the commercial needs of California.
The counterstamp may have an uneven appearance, such as caused by a cast.
The coin's strike date (based on the coin variant) and the counterstamp date do not match. Older counterstamps may be seen on more recently struck coins.
Therefore, the bottom line is that like all bad laws, this executive order was unevenly enforced. However, in the main, gold was not prohibited to the average person.
It is not unusual to see clipped planchets and uneven striking. Often the denomination ONE CENT is very weak, even on uncirculated pieces.
Mottled toning
Splotchy, uneven toning.
Motto
An inscription on a coin. The most popular being IN GOD WE TRUST, which first appeared on the 1864 two-cent piece and is now is required on all U.S. coinage.
A wonderfully lustrous white ANACS graded and authenticated AU-50, with much of the coin showing no sign of wear, but with some weak stars and a few opposite reverse edge letters, which may simply be an uneven strike rather than wear.
1698 appears to have been a particularly uneventful year. Colin Maclaurin, a Scottish Mathematician was born, Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick - Lüneburg died, and Tani Jinzan, astronomer and calendar scholar, ...
A coin with spots or streaks of uneven shades or colors.
Motto
A word or phrase on a coin expressing an important ideal. The most common example is "In God We Trust".
Sometimes a coin can be improved by removing an uneven patina...not usually...not this one.
A very attractive lime green.
Mottled Toning - Uneven, drab and splotchy areas appearing on a coin.
MS - See "Mint State." ...
The reverse is weakly and unevenly struck, with detail missing from the "OF" in the legend and the clouds and stars.
With still other coins, toning can be dark, streaky, splotchy, spotty, uneven, or otherwise ugly, making the coin look like an algae-stained remnant from the Blue Lagoon.
The coins were beautifully struck and in strong condition. The silver of many of them was slightly grainy or uneven, but the weights were strong, with most shekels near 14 grams and most half shekels near 7 grams.
Lesbos, Mytilene El Hekte. ca 515 BC. Forepart of bull running left / incuse head of roaring lion left, behind neck truncation incuse rectangle with uneven surface.
TextObvRev
Bodenstedt 7 ...
or altered coin, compare it with a genuine one of the same value. If it is above 5 cents in value, it should have corrugated outer edges, or "reeding." Reeding on genuine coins is even and distinct. The counterfeit coins' reeding may be uneven, ...
Genuine coins have very thin edges and the railings are even and distinct if one is very observant. Those coins that are counterfeit can be distinguished if the edges are not thin enough and the railing is uneven or missing in some areas.
notes are generally printed on crisp parchment-like paper and have been nicely browned or yellowed to appear aged. The genuine notes were printed on cheap paper, which is generally very thin and pliable, and in many cases has frayed or uneven edges.
Tyler made a better showing ; he carried, besides these two states, Maryland and South Carolina, making forty-seven votes in all. The unevenness of the results was such that the election of a vice-president devolved upon the senate, which chose Mr.
Their copper coins are called pice, mostly four cornered or uneven in shape, with some Persian characters on either side. Each and every one should weight 3 Miscals.
Thus a die might be in continuous use or not, and the state of the obverse(s) with which it was paired might show uneven progression or virtually none at all.
Pockets of considerable modern industry would appear, especially in Catalonia, and the Basque country, but generally Spain's political instability and difficult geography made progress slow and extraordinarily uneven.
 See also: Coin, Collector, Struck, Silver, Reverse
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