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Valued Member
United States
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found this in a penny roll today...... it looks like scales on the front and back. the back strike looks the same except it is a really light strike - not well defined at all.  Edited by Indianaman79
10/13/2011 4:01 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
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That is odd. It looks like something got into the copper. Is it smooth? of are the scales actual bumps on the coin? I'll be back to see what the experts have to say.  |
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 United States
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it all feels smooth and there isn't a part omitted on the coin from this alteration. it is all uniform all the way across - front and back.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It appears to be PMD but larger pictures of both sides are needed to say anything definitive. |
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Valued Member
United States
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how about this?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like someone used a blow torch on it and melted it.
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Valued Member
United States
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yeah I don't know, that's why I'm posting here.
i don't think it was a blowtorch though because the color is uniform (the first pic I posted). if you used a blow torch I would think the colors would start to swirl together and the metals would start to seperate?
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Valued Member
United States
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I think it might have been left out in the sun too long and is becoming a raisin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Extremely high heat? A torch could cause it if done carefully or if the heat was indirectly applied
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like an acid coin to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Acid dipped coins just look reduced in size, not wrinkled like the example by the OP.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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At work we have an oven that was used to fuse two metal pieces,it would create enough heat without direct flame contact.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Whatever happened to it didn't happen inside the Mint. This effect is called "ripples" or "rippling". I'm not sure how it's produced. The time-worn explanation of a rotating wire brush seems untenable given the lack of scratches.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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