Did Someone Try To Melt This Jefferson?

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southsav Pillar of the Community 2222 Posts	Posted 06/29/2012 3:36 pm Does this 88 D looks like it was hit with some electrical current and the metal started to flow? I can't think of another cause. It looks to me like electrical current contacted at 10 and 3 o'clock, melted the contact locations, heating the metal in the coin....... Report this Post to the Staff

numiswizard New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 06/29/2012 3:37 pm Looks melted to me. Report this Post to the Staff
oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 06/29/2012 3:56 pm Shocking! Perhaps someone with too much time (and a nickel) on their hands and a MIG (metal inert gas) Welder? Edited by oih82w8 06/29/2012 3:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff
southsav Pillar of the Community 2222 Posts	Posted 06/29/2012 5:39 pm I was thinking melting also. The contact marks on the rim look very similar to metal melt. The obv and rev, more so the obv, really looks super smooth and glossy. But I don't know what reaction would occur, and how something like that would affect the metal in a 88 nickel. Report this Post to the Staff
Mechman Valued Member United States 275 Posts	Posted 06/29/2012 6:37 pm Someone was play/practiceing with a tig welder. The reverse has fallen away from too much heat. Report this Post to the Staff
southsav Pillar of the Community 2222 Posts	Posted 06/29/2012 7:20 pm Is that how the metal reacts with something like that? Report this Post to the Staff
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