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I bought this 3-cent piece awhile back for my 7070 album. It looked fine in hand, but when I took a macro photograph of it it looks extremely grainy:   Any idea what the deal is? Is it a cast fake? Environmental damage? Perfectly normal? I have a feeling I'll be adding this to my wish list next time I visit a coin show... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd say it's a metal detector find. Environmantal damage is likely what you're looking at. You can weigh it to determine if it's real. The fakes are never the correct weight.
Chance
Edited by Chancellor Sutler
08/13/2012 09:36 am
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Pillar of the Community
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What is the correct weight for these?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1.94 grams is the correct weight. A 3 cent silver coin is .8 grams.
Chance
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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All right, my little scale is only accurate to one decimal place, but it comes in at between 1.9 and 2.0 grams (it wavers back and forth a bit), so that looks right. As I said, the graininess is really only evident in the close up pictures. Here's what it looks like normally:   I dunno... As long as its legit, I might keep it simply because it does have a god amount of detail. It's just those close up pics that bug me, and those are the ones I use on my website to display the coin. Thanks for the info, Chance! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like environmental damage to me.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pitting from some kind of location. Possibly in Earth a long time. Still looks nice from a little distance.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like environmental damage to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like it has been sand-blasted
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah, probably a dig.
Do you mind me asking how much you paid?
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Pillar of the Community
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Quote:
Do you mind me asking how much you paid? I don't mind, but I honestly don't remember. I got it at a coin show and it was part of a lot of coins that I bought from a single dealer. |
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United States
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IMHO your 3 cent coin is the real deal. Maybe enviroment damage, maybe a dug coin, maybe the mint rinsed these coins in something that caused this. A lot of V-nickles were improperly rinsed at the mint and have a grained look to them also.
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United States
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If not a dig I'm wondering if someone tried an olive oil bath at some point. Just for grins last winter while I was doing some metal work I dipped some Liberty nickels that were nearly smooth but covered in think black crud into an acid solution that we were using to clean the copper we were working on. The surface after a very short dip did not look all that dissimilar to this. Of course the black crud was resistant to the acid. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Just pitting, looks real.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 , with just carl. |
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