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Posted 08/14/2017 11:43 pm
Update, I appreciate all of your input.
This Canadian 25 cent coin (quarter) has been tested on an Olympus GoldXpert XRF Analyzer machine; model GX-2000-PIN.
The total weight upon XRF analysis was 2.30 grams, which is close to half of the original minted weight.
I have also had the coin analyzed by an aviation X-Ray engineering firm.
I understand that it may seem like a costly or time consuming project for simply a twenty five cent coin,
However, my passion for coins, combined with the mystery that it is more than a simple 25 cent coin has me completely devoted to finding out the historic value behind this coin (if any).
There are too many variables currently as to the origin of this Canadian quarter,
Was it a spy coin?
Were the Canadian dyes for the quarter and 50 cent pieces actually stolen from the Royal Canadian Mint?
Is it possible, at the age of 9 years old Alexander Litvienko, a former well known Russian KGB operative, assisted in the theft of the dyes as a young boy?
Perhaps the damage is simply corrosion, stemming from acidic soil conditions (if buried), possibly battery acid or some other corrosive substance.
Possibly it was simply damage caused by a high electrical current being passed through the quarter.
I will have the substance inside tested by a laboratory soon, updates to follow.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
ORIGINAL HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS
http://goccf.com/t/190818
This Canadian 25 cent coin (quarter) has been tested on an Olympus GoldXpert XRF Analyzer machine; model GX-2000-PIN.
The total weight upon XRF analysis was 2.30 grams, which is close to half of the original minted weight.
I have also had the coin analyzed by an aviation X-Ray engineering firm.
I understand that it may seem like a costly or time consuming project for simply a twenty five cent coin,
However, my passion for coins, combined with the mystery that it is more than a simple 25 cent coin has me completely devoted to finding out the historic value behind this coin (if any).
There are too many variables currently as to the origin of this Canadian quarter,
Was it a spy coin?
Were the Canadian dyes for the quarter and 50 cent pieces actually stolen from the Royal Canadian Mint?
Is it possible, at the age of 9 years old Alexander Litvienko, a former well known Russian KGB operative, assisted in the theft of the dyes as a young boy?
Perhaps the damage is simply corrosion, stemming from acidic soil conditions (if buried), possibly battery acid or some other corrosive substance.
Possibly it was simply damage caused by a high electrical current being passed through the quarter.
I will have the substance inside tested by a laboratory soon, updates to follow.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
ORIGINAL HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS
http://goccf.com/t/190818
Edited by curious_collector
08/15/2017 12:18 am
08/15/2017 12:18 am
