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Errorcoins Member United States 703 Posts	Posted 08/15/2007 7:42 pm It is silver and it has a small amout of green something at the top of the building in "AMERICA" and the bottom of "STATES" What to do or leave it alone, what do you think? Image: snicksplit.jpg 62.72 KB Report this Post to the Staff

SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 08/15/2007 7:54 pm Where do you get these wonderful toys? I think I'd leave that one alone. Report this Post to the Staff
Benji Valued Member United States 459 Posts	Posted 08/15/2007 7:57 pm I am not sure you would gain anything from it? What would you hope to accomplish? I think it looks pretty swell as is. It reminds of Northern Nevada's Broken CC. Story Here: http://www.brokencc.com/Brokenccpics.php Report this Post to the Staff
garylcsr Pillar of the Community United States 1952 Posts	Posted 08/15/2007 8:06 pm Thant is a nice break Error I would leave it alone. Gary Report this Post to the Staff
Bonedigger Pillar of the Community United States 1267 Posts	Posted 08/15/2007 8:11 pm Extreme, Cold might be the cause. Once (when in USAF Missile Maint) saw a 7/8 inch box end wrench break into like three pieces when it was dropped 15 feet onto a concrete launcher closure after being left out in -40º weather over night. They kept it in Job Control for a few years until someone stole it. Some brain-dead safety officer looked at it and in less than you could say "lickety split" we had to had safety lanyards on both ends of everything that could be dropped, LOL... Report this Post to the Staff
longnine009 Pillar of the Community United States 1247 Posts	Posted 08/15/2007 9:03 pm Why? A lamination with the pieces together is the central attraction. Cleaning, IMO, might only detract from that. Report this Post to the Staff
halfabustisbetter Pillar of the Community United States 1984 Posts	Posted 08/15/2007 9:55 pm My vote is leave it alone. Report this Post to the Staff
GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 08/15/2007 9:59 pm Let it Be and how is it that you can come across these oddities that most of us can't even imagine to be possible? Report this Post to the Staff
Spider5689 Pillar of the Community United States 2269 Posts	Posted 08/15/2007 11:06 pm I also agree, this one should be left alone. Report this Post to the Staff
Vaslin Pillar of the Community United States 914 Posts	Posted 08/15/2007 11:09 pm Superglue. Seriously though, if it's got green on it, best to kill it now and preserve the coin. Just soak for a few minutes without any rubbing to kill it. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 08/15/2007 11:17 pm Leave it as is. Report this Post to the Staff
Errorcoins Member United States 703 Posts	Posted 08/16/2007 12:24 am Thanks guys for the nice comments, when you specialize in a certain field, then you are bound to "find" things. This one, ebay 24 bucks, sniped. For now I leave it, but how could acetone hurt it? It wouldn't be "cleaned' , right? I "cleaned' up the image in photoshop to make it look better by adjusting things but not altering the coin. Image: silver5csplitx.jpg 100 KB errrrorrrrrrrrrrr Edited by Errorcoins 08/16/2007 12:26 am Report this Post to the Staff
Vaslin Pillar of the Community United States 914 Posts	Posted 08/16/2007 12:29 am I don't consider a dip in acetone cleaning. I consider it preserving. Do real just_carl's many remarks about getting good, clean acetone that hasn't sat around... Otherwise, he'll come around here and whoop us whipper-snappers. Report this Post to the Staff
Vaslin Pillar of the Community United States 914 Posts	Posted 08/16/2007 12:35 am Back to the coin. What would happen to a nickel dipped in liquid nitrogen and then dropped onto a concrete floor? Report this Post to the Staff
madspec Valued Member United States 376 Posts	Posted 08/16/2007 06:21 am It would probably shatter into a lot of pieces since liquid nitrogen boils at -196 °C or -320 °F, which is rather cold. madspec Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 08/16/2007 08:52 am quote: What would happen to a nickel dipped in liquid nitrogen and then dropped onto a concrete floor? Honestly, I have no idea but I could find out in a couple hours and give it a try. I have access to liquid nitrogen... BTW, if your nickel has green on it, I would give it a dip in acetone. Edited by biokemist6 08/16/2007 08:56 am Report this Post to the Staff
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