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Pillar of the Community
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Solid Brown Quarter with full details no trace of silver tone anywhere. Any comments, suggestion or opinions welcome.. * The sides are same solid color. * weighs 5.56 grams Any dot or highlight in photos is lighting or lighter brown speckles. I assume, because every time I found one it turns out to be acid, buried, environmental but this one looks different then others I have had so I figured I ask before I toss it.    Edited by OcalaFlorida
09/28/2014 8:56 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks correct. A close up of the "OF" showing the rim might help a bit more. It this area is strongly struck it maybe a missing clad. If there is any disturbance removing part of the full rim will be seen in a close up shot of this area. Obverse normal?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Biokemist6 might have a weight to show what his example missing cladding to know how much a loss of cladding can affect the weight.
Edited by coop
09/29/2014 12:24 am
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Pillar of the Community
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side  Edited by OcalaFlorida
09/28/2014 10:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I had to find it almost tossed it back....  Edited by OcalaFlorida
09/28/2014 10:40 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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That color is typical of environmental damage.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It is also looking like it may have been dipped in acid. Note the pitting. If it were just missing a layer, the surface would be free of pitting.  But thanks for the extra image. It showed what we needed to see. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I got it in change so I figured it was environmental.. I will save as example of acid...
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks just like the one my wife found on the beach just below Santa Monica Pier while dipping her toes in the water.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Carry it in your pocket and see if the cladding appears with circulation? Sometimes this happens and make the coin look antiqued.
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Valued Member
United States
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It looks like some that I find when metal detecting. While the old 90% silver stay white underground, the clad coins come out of the ground brown or, sometimes, pink. I'm not sure of the chemical conversion that is occurring.
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It is environmental damage. A missing clad layer would only weigh about 4.67 gr. give or take a few hundreds of a gram.
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Bedrock of the Community
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 Thanks rog. Nice to see you here! |
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Hi Coop, long time no see!!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Probably since ebay chat and and coppercoins forums. |
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