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Mis-Struck Quarters &clips

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 Posted 03/09/2007  12:17 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add mishap-coins to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I am curious about this sellers Mis-struck Quarters. Seems to me they both have a line in them where it appears an instrument was used to stop the coins clad from sliding off while it was heated to a certain temperature.

I know I have put a quarter in a campfire and once it reached a certain temp you could watch as the outside layer slide off before the whole coin melted.
Could be legit. Though when you look at all the listings of these Statehood Quarters they have listed it seems they have found a treasure box full of off struck and clipped coins or have an insider.

Question is does the inside material of the quarters have a different melting temp than the outside material ?


http://cgi.ebay.com/1-Outstanding-M...er_W0QQitemZ230101173130QQcategoryZ524QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230101173130

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-Miss-Struck-S...er_W0QQitemZ230101165148QQcategoryZ524QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230101165148
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 Posted 03/09/2007  12:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tights24 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This is what I can tell you.

Composition:
91.66 copper at a melting point of 1981 degrees
8.33% nickel at a melting point of 2646 degrees.

What I don't know is if these would "slide" off without having the coin show more damage per say. You would think there would be run marks or drips for lack of a better description. I'd be curious as to the exact weight though. I think for this to slide like this something would have been lost in the overall compostion. Just my thoughts.
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 Posted 03/09/2007  1:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Metalman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The quarters are struck off center ,, I'm not sure what the other mark is from ? it is curious that both quarters exhibit the same planchet flaw,, and they also do not look like they are clad, kinda copper colored .

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