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Fishnwidow Valued Member United States 228 Posts	Posted 04/03/2007 12:39 am I've had this nickel for a while and have always wondered what caused the damage on it. Heat? maybe chemicals? So many ppl here are able to look at a coin and say what caused it, so I wanted an opinion on mine. I think it's weird how some places where effected and others not. Sorry if the glare on the reverse is harsh, I was trying to show details. I may have to start just collecting damaged coins, I seem to have a lot of them. Fishnwidow Edited by Fishnwidow 04/03/2007 12:41 am Report this Post to the Staff

GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 04/03/2007 12:47 am I've seen that a few times but honestly have no idea. Looks like it was partially melted with a blowtorch, -GO Report this Post to the Staff
basicbob101 Pillar of the Community United States 819 Posts	Posted 04/03/2007 01:44 am Looks like it was lying in a pool of some kind of chemical with the reverse (Montecello)?, side down since it shows the most damage, the indentions and rippling looks to me like something ate away at the metal at different rates due to composition of the alloy leaving varying degrees of damage, but on the other hand, it could have been a subject of research for an alien spacecraft who abducted some unwitting victim and then tossed it out of the spacecraft as worthless. Report this Post to the Staff
cladking Pillar of the Community United States 2270 Posts	Posted 04/03/2007 01:56 am I'm usually good at this but am stumped so far. The reverse was caused by some type of erosion. It could be chemical but mechanical can't be ruled out. The obverse was beaten up by various sized things. I suspect this didn't happen by chance and was "engineered". Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps. Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 04/03/2007 02:47 am it looks to me like the coin has been solderied onto something and then removed . Metalman Report this Post to the Staff
ageka Pillar of the Community Belgium 2078 Posts	Posted 04/03/2007 10:56 am If it were soldered to something corrodable but less noble then the coin in that case the coin would be protecting the beagle or whatever and start pitting corrosion So I think you are on the right track Metalman I guess a silver beagle would cause this kind of damage in a corrosive environment Report this Post to the Staff
ageka Pillar of the Community Belgium 2078 Posts	Posted 04/03/2007 10:56 am This is the theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_corrosion Report this Post to the Staff
ageka Pillar of the Community Belgium 2078 Posts	Posted 04/03/2007 11:00 am The blue table should give you an idea what not to solder together http://www.engineersedge.com/galvan...tability.htm Report this Post to the Staff
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