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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Improper white balance in the camera used to photograph it. Most "fails" in that area show the coin with too much yellow.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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That's the actual color of the coin. It's that bad.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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United States
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Urk.
I wonder if the alloy is slightly improper or poorly-mixed - that's more a nickel tarnishing color than copper.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's something that's been applied to the coin to create a fake orange look.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Moderator
United States
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Maybe so, but it's kinda hard for me to imagine someone dumb enough to think that's a "natural" look to apply to a coin. I've been surprised before, though....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hmm... The first that came to mind was rust stains like it had been sitting at the bottom of a wishing well. Other than that, I don't know.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like metal dust powder I scrape off rusted metal from the printing press.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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I agree with DOubl3Eagle, looks like it has had water damage or been sitting in a damp environment.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Just guessing but maybe it got held in a flame. The cleanest spots will turn all sorts of colors depending upon how long the copper is held in a flame but the dirty spots will stay brown or turn brown.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have no idea what they could have used to turn the coin that color but there are allot of things out there that people can apply to a coin that would do different things to it, it is just almost impossible to narrow it down to one thing they applied to it. I have never seen anything others have tried that would even come close to that color on a copper coin so I am at a loss on this one
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah I can't figure it out either. I sent it back to him. He's still selling them and I would imagine some people are going to be upset.
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Posted 11/29/2012 4:53 pm
