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Valued Member
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i can't really get better pictures because of the light reflected off of it. its either no light and kinda of dark like the first 3 pictures or using light and super shiney - both of which omit details. I thought it would be plated too - but how much would the plating add to the weight? again - its 5g which is the weight of a normal coin made out of nickel.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like someone buffed the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
648 Posts |
Possibly dipped/rubbed on mercury?
That would also make it very shiny.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It looks like one of those polished/plated coins you can get in those prepackaged "coins of WWII" issued sets
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Moderator
 United States
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Looks chrome plated to me. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Guys... if the coin was re-plated it would weight more. He said the coin is 5g. So therefore the coin must have been cleaned up pretty good.
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Valued Member
United States
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I would have to disagree. You can certainly electroplate a coin without adding to the 5 g weight to one significant digit.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would have to disagree. You can certainly electroplate a coin without adding to the 5 g weight to one significant digit That, and if the coin was lighter before the plating because it was heavily worn (as most silver nickels are) the plating may have added some weight, but all that did was bring it closer to its original weight. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Possibly dipped/rubbed on mercury?
That would also make it very shiny.
I certainly hope nobody would do that, talk about a health hazard. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This coin has simply been electroplated. :-)
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I agree. It's plated, buffed or someone (gasp!) put Mercury on it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I found one of those once. I assume it's plated or polished for some sort of "collectors" set.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As stated repeatedly, this is a plated coin.
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Valued Member
United States
78 Posts |
thanks for the input/advice as always
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