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Posted 04/17/2012 9:24 pm
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What I find fascinating, is the fact that the "damage" to the other coins appears radially around the $1, which suggests a likely chemical reagent, decomposition or vaporised leachate, firstly affecting and then emanating from the holographic dollar coin.
What I find fascinating, is the fact that the "damage" to the other coins appears radially around the $1, which suggests a likely chemical reagent, decomposition or vaporised leachate, firstly affecting and then emanating from the holographic dollar coin.
I agree; the damage certainly seems to be radiating out from the $1 in an almost biological fashion. I don't know what process the RAM used to attach a hologram onto a coin, but I suspect it's the hologram itself that's either degrading or reacting with the packaging.
If so, then it's likely that in a few years time, the only undamaged 2004 proof coins are going to come from sets that were disassembled straight away. But if it's the hologram that is self-destructing, there won't be any undamaged 2004 $1 proof coins at all.
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Does anyone know when the frosting of the $1 is done ? if the frosting process happens last ( after all the coins are in the case ready to be sealed ) & if the frosting machine was having issues ( not working properly )it may have sprayed on to the other coins,maybe ? Maybe I'm just clutching at straws here to LOL.
Does anyone know when the frosting of the $1 is done ? if the frosting process happens last ( after all the coins are in the case ready to be sealed ) & if the frosting machine was having issues ( not working properly )it may have sprayed on to the other coins,maybe ? Maybe I'm just clutching at straws here to LOL.
"Frosting" isn't applied separately, it's imparted onto the coin by the die. To make a die for a "cameo effect" proof coin, the entire die is sandblasted, making the entire surface matte or "frosty". Then the parts they wish to be un-frosted get polished.
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