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Valued Member
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Sorry, Moneybags, I drew that conclusion from your second pic. It looks a little corroded in that one.
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New Member
 Australia
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Thanks trout,  do you think it could be a Piebald pattern annealed error? shiny nickel, shiny copper & a little brown? I am sure a Piebald pattern is still an improper annealed coin! 
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I have a 1936 penny in aEF with strange toning only on the reverse that I have put down to environmental damage.  
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New Member
 Australia
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ok,  does anyone have a similar picture of this type of coin?(my coin). I would like to compare photos?  .If a blank was over heated in an annealing oven, doesn't some of the copper separate to the top? cheers.  That's how it looks to me! 
Edited by moneybags 04/21/2013 01:40 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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New Member
 Australia
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sorry trout  It is no pub coin not by a long shot. The coin is not corroded either. The thread all wrong! Not a pub coin or road kill or found in a park! I still have no viable or plausible answers?  To shiny, non corroded and not damaged in a Mechanical sense, it looks way to organic to be tampered with to. I see green patina, nickel & shiny copper all through the heads side! There is something else to this coin. Can someone please think of a more plausible answer other than Pub coins, or buried in earth dirt. Floating separated nickel & copper due to extreme heat in oven.  That looks more like the picture of the coin. Cheers peoples. 
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I thought the  in your original post meant you made the coin go this colour an thats what made me think you were joking. Looks to me like you have a damaged coin, not an error. Keep looking for an error in it by all means but you aint gonna find one. Listen to what others have said.
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Valued Member
Australia
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Regardless of the outcome, Moneybags, thank you for this thread. I just read through the entire thread that your first post referred to, and found it extremely absorbing! Keep asking, Keep questioning, and by all means, Keep posting :)
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Quote: sorry trout It is no pub coin not by a long shot. The coin is not corroded either. The thread all wrong! Not a pub coin or road kill or found in a park You asked a question about a coin and I gave you my considered opinion along with other more esteemed and more experienced members and the consensus is that this IS a PMD coin. Why do you persist with the idea that this is a planchet annealing flaw when it clearly isn't  IF I had the time and the inclination I could easily make a similar coin for you in my shed  Simply put this coin in a 2x2 and save it so that in a few years you can look at it and think "What a dill I was thinking that". Stick around in this forum and you will learn some invaluable knowledge about coins and errors  if you totally disagree with the opinions posted you can always send it to a TPG and get the coin verified. IF the coin comes back with a description of "annealed planchet flaw" then I WILL apologise without reservation  Until then I am right and YOU are wrong  
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Hi this coin is not an annealing error as said by trout and other members. This is because of a few key factors. Annealing is the process of melting two metals together by heating them up to a critical point to create an alloy in this example cupronickel which is produced in massive sheets and for an annealing error to occur the annealing furnace would have to be significantly higher than normal to cause the metals to reach a critical point (the point at which the metals will seperate) but your coin looks like pure copper on the outside so if what you are saying is true then we should be able to see the nickel on the outside of the coin if only a small amount but there is none visible.
Anyway no annealing error has ever been sighted that is so severe it turns the whole coin a different colour it is always only parts of it.
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New Member
 Australia
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Good Morning,  thanks to you all who answered my post. I just got a little frustrated with no real detailed answer.  I wont clean up the coin until I can show it to a Dealer one day hand to eye, to get a clear point of view on it. Mr trout man, We would love to see your coin if you could make it if it is possible.  Cheers in kind to all. 
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I agree with the others that this is PMD. One thing I observed is that the discolouration on the bottom right of the coin changes where the rim is. Ie discolored field and not discoloured on rim. If it was the blank, then I would not expect on change on the rim. That part of the coin also looks to me like it has had liquid on it which caused the colour and the liquid evaporated leaving the colour.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The 50c looks like PMD to me, although it may have been caused naturally. Over the years, I have seen a few copper nickel coins, of all countries, that quite obviously look to be copper, but in fact, are not. An aggressive environment can cause this over a period of years, which would also require to coin to be out of circulation to allow the coin to change appearance, especially if the change was happening in natural circumstances. Differential 'toning' such as this could occur if the coins were heaped, not stacked. I also see the possibility of a 'pub coin', to fool unknowing intended buyers, but it could equally also be just the result of 'shed job' with some innocent fooling around. I do that with modern circulating coins (rarely) just to entertain myself. They all go back into circulation , because I can't see any point in keeping them.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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There are actually examples of Australian coins with annealing errors that have caused the entire coin to appear copper. I have sighted a PCGS verified 20c which appeared to be completely copper. This coin has all the signs of a damaged coin. Take it to a dealer and they will say exactly the same thing. If that gives you peace of mind then by all means go for it.
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