the verdict is in, I was right. I was rubbing along the rim and noticed a bit of roughness I missed before and scraped it a bit with my fingernail and a bit of the plating came off. still a neat find. I think this might be the first time ever someone plated a coin and it actually had some numistatic value added, as it stimulated some interest from my coworkers and the regulars in coins and coin collecting, even if it did it the wrong way(plating).


























