What Is This Victoria Dei Gratia Coin Made From?

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Matt Textor New Member United States 24 Posts	Posted 01/21/2026 7:58 pm Hi everyone this is Matt again I posted a question about this coin before but I found another one I wanted to ask another question about it why was the first one dark looking and why was this one nice and shiny ? here are some photos of the victoria dei gratia coin Report this Post to the Staff

HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24878 Posts	Posted 01/21/2026 8:07 pm This coin has been cleaned. Please check your pictures before posting to make sure that they are in focus. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 01/21/2026 8:38 pm Since silver tones dark under a variety of environmental and chemical conditions, it isn't unusual to have variation in color among coins minted in the same year. To @hon's point above, you should absolutely not be cleaning any coins. Almost without exception it will reduce the value of these sorts of coins. With that said, if the coin you are comparing against this one is here: https://goccf.com/t/486996, one big difference is in the metal composition, with that one being primarily copper rather than the silver of this one. If you look in the numista links that have been provided on many of your posts, you will find this sort of information. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 01/21/2026 10:16 pm This coin is made of sterling silver (92.5% silver). Silver tarnishes when it reacts with sulfur in the atmosphere. If a coin is kept free from contact with the atmosphere, it can stay silvery even after a hundred years. But if a coin is in a sulfur-rich environment, it will turn black; the sulfur chemically reacts with the silver to form silver sulfide. We normally call this black formation "tarnish". So it is entirely possible to have an identical coin to this one that looks completely black, or dark gray, or (often) with black splotches all over it. This one has a few grey-black splotches. Tarnish can be removed with various silver-cleaning products such as "silver dip", which is a mixture of sulfuric acid and thiourea. However, such cleaning often makes the coin look ugly and un-natural. Collectors don't like owning or buying "cleaned coins" if they can help it, and will pay less for coin if it has been badly cleaned. Which is why our advice to new collectors is always "don't clean coins". 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 Report this Post to the Staff
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