Aluminium Loonie ? I Need Some Help With This One - Page 3

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That Canadian Guy Valued Member Canada 156 Posts	Posted 12/07/2012 8:06 pm That nickel on a dime planchet sounds interesting. Does this guy say how he gets these coins? Report this Post to the Staff
AZTAMT Valued Member Canada 263 Posts	Posted 12/07/2012 8:27 pm Head to the ATM... Report this Post to the Staff
artdio Pillar of the Community 1844 Posts	Posted 12/08/2012 04:03 am hes been a collector for long time ,..and his parents had a corner store for years... Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsguy Pillar of the Community Canada 2301 Posts	Posted 12/08/2012 07:29 am gee I gotta pay 2 finders fees for you I guess.....LOLOL Report this Post to the Staff
artdio Pillar of the Community 1844 Posts	Posted 12/08/2012 08:52 am lol well I guess we will see.... I know one thing the 5 cent on dime will be up for sale....I dont collect errors...or maybe a trade? I love Vicky half dollars Report this Post to the Staff
Anjohl Pillar of the Community Canada 815 Posts	Posted 12/10/2012 11:54 pm I appreciate the novelty, but I hate aluminum, zinc, and brass coins. I would prefer the steel sandwichs we have now over aluminum. Report this Post to the Staff
AZTAMT Valued Member Canada 263 Posts	Posted 12/11/2012 08:07 am What happened to it? Report this Post to the Staff
artdio Pillar of the Community 1844 Posts	Posted 12/12/2012 7:31 pm I am waiting for the guy to bring them both,..Im out of town until Saturday and he will bring them at that time...Or so he says :( Report this Post to the Staff
artdio Pillar of the Community 1844 Posts	Posted 01/15/2013 4:06 pm FINALLY I have it its mine hahahha also the 197? 5 cent struck on a dime... and yes before any one asks they will be offered to members first ....Ok so the loonie as you can see was harshly cleaned . Looks like they tried to scrape it to see if it was coated... It weighs 5.6 grams exact size as a normal loonie and is magnetic date 1989 so its not aluminium as I thought the 5 cent is 197? weighs 2.1 grams and again same size as the dime. and it also is magnetic Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10463 Posts	Posted 01/15/2013 5:01 pm The loon dollar has me suspicious - it is fully struck, in collar, it could be missing the plating layer - but in that condition, it really does not matter... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
artdio Pillar of the Community 1844 Posts	Posted 01/15/2013 5:24 pm but what would the base metal be ? and it is my understanding that the blanks are cut out of sheets so How could it be missing the plating ? Report this Post to the Staff
Bm0ney Pillar of the Community Canada 1005 Posts	Posted 01/15/2013 5:42 pm Heat. Oxygen acetylene torch. Too hot melts it. Just right turns silver. Report this Post to the Staff
t_y Pillar of the Community Canada 632 Posts	Posted 01/15/2013 5:46 pm The loon is indeed suspicious. Obverse is abraded and reverse looks also attacked (chemical deposits here and there, etc). The 5c is very neat. Report this Post to the Staff
artdio Pillar of the Community 1844 Posts	Posted 01/15/2013 5:57 pm Bmoney using an ace....torch would melt the whole coin not just the plating portion... Report this Post to the Staff
Bm0ney Pillar of the Community Canada 1005 Posts	Posted 01/15/2013 6:03 pm Try it. I know it works. Oxy acetylene torch turns loonies silver before they melt. Report this Post to the Staff
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