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Valued Member
Australia
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Hi all.....hope you have a happy 2012:) and I'm hoping someone can tell me what has happened with this coin. It does appear to be a bit oily looking in parts but there is a patch below the queens hair and then on the other side of her (top of head) there is quite a large area which appears to be metal flow , but it contains some yellowy substance? I thought the part below her hair looked a bit like a platypus bill....also under that you can see some oily like flow from the 'cut'   Edited by larena
01/01/2012 06:04 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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that bit under the ear looks intresting. it's not PMD because it is raised |
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Valued Member
 Australia
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Valued Member
Australia
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have got a better pic now...this is the part on neck  Edited by larena
01/01/2012 07:12 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I hope I am wrong but is it a bit of superglue stuck to the coin?
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Valued Member
Australia
323 Posts |
more pics...definitely not superglue   Hope these are clearer  Edited by larena
01/01/2012 08:03 am
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Moderator
 Australia
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Superglue was my first impression, too.
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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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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 Superglue is what I reckon too.  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Valued Member
Australia
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Nope....its definitely not superglue...its all metal ...no edges to 'pick off'...it's definitely something to do with the manufacture and the lettering in places is embedded.
Edited by larena
01/01/2012 8:03 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Sorry Larena but definatly a glue of somekind araldite , tarzans grip ect.
The white patches in it are air trapped between the coin and the glue, Check the bit in the hair above the neck.
Thesee glues are transparrent and set verry hard.
Test it by putting it over a cigarette lighter for a few seconds.
If it is glue it will bubble
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Test it by putting it over a cigarette lighter for a few seconds. If it is glue it will bubble And try not to get burnt  |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Sorrry Guys :) no bubbling ...no movement at all. done under watchful eye of my husband :) what's next?The parts that are showing white are actually black..I've used a microscope to take those pics
Edited by larena
01/01/2012 8:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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If you really look closely you will see bag marks and circulation scratches all over this coin.
EXCEPT in the area of the anomaly.
Which in my opinion has been added after mint, glue or whatever it is did not come from the mint or it would bear the same amount of damage as the rest of the coin.
definatly PMDollop
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Valued Member
Australia
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Well , the saga continues....the black bits actually cleaned off quite easily..there are hollows to those shapes on the coin.... do you think I could hit it with acetone?  Edited by larena
01/01/2012 9:01 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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i dip all my coins in acetone to remove grease and oils etc. I'm just not sure, the gloss could only come fom some sort of glue, or lacquer, but I guess it could be a flawed blank that got through somehow. but I would go with its something strange.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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first pix looked like a die crack on the neck.
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