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Pillar of the Community
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Most likely it was silver plated.
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the copper in this coin is thinner than a dime, an if it was plated would you be able to see the copper? For the print to be so clear on both sides I would think it would have had to struck. I will try to get a better shot of the print.
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For the print to be so clear on both sides I would think it would have had to struck. Plating, unlike cladding, adds only a negligible thickness of metal. You can plate a finished coin and the details on the plated coin are just as clear as on an unplated one. The TV shopping networks will sell you as many overpriced silver-plated, gold-plated and platinum-plated coins as you might need to test this. The "copper stripe" around the edge of your coin is either a part of your coin that was unplated. For a quick and simple electroplating, one spot on the coin's surface must be unplated; this is where the wire is attached. I suspect whoever plated your coin simply looped the wire around the entire edge. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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 to CCF. To me it looks like it was plated and set in a bezel at one time as jewelry. John1  |
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It pretty much has to be altered in some way since it is from several years before they ever did anything with clad composition.
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ok. plating is something I thought about, but if it is plated would not it be the same thickness on both sides, for one side to be 1/3 the thickness of the coin and the coin is no thicker than a regular coin,the copper is not as thick as a dime and for the print so crisp and clear that you can see the people on the steps.
I am not trying to talk anyone into believing it is an error, but having been around plating clad metals , this does not look like plating to me, it's just that the thicker side is so clearly " I'll say it looks stamped"
Everything everyone has said is possible, I believe the front could be plated, but the back being 1/3 the thickness leaves a big question mark for me.
Thank you all for your thoughts on this.
Daniel
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different camera, I think better shots.   the coin on edge shows the different thickness better. Thank you again for taking the time. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I am still agreeing with the majority here. I say plating.
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Its not thickness in a clad layer you are seeing. When something is electroplated its only a few microns thick. Something like a wire was wrapped around the edge to cause part of it to not be plated. Like Sap said possibly a wire during the plating process. It was just not completely centered thats why one side looks "thicker" than the other... I hope this helps you understand, I am having a heck of a time trying to explain this  Edited by LincolnGuy
12/12/2013 8:21 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Sorry but the coin was plated. This is pretty common too. to CCF! Edited by solotime
12/12/2013 8:22 pm
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it's like the silver plating you see on coins that are sold by sellers in places like hong kong and beijing
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to CCF Daniel, looks like an error to me, but no expert here. I have coins the feel and look like would NOT weigh the same as a cooper or zinc penny, but every time they weigh. I also have one that has a large Cud across 1/3 of its obverse and it still weighs 3.11 as it is cooper, not zinc @ 2.5. Again, welcome ! |
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Connicoins, The mint does have a tolerance they go by and if a coin fall within that tolerance it is ok to leave the mint. Your coin with a large Cud that weights 3.11g...it's the right amount of copper it is just configured differently within the coin.(Take a can of playdough,say 4 oz and mush it in to different shapes it will still weight 4 oz.) John1 |
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