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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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looks legal it has the word copy on it
but I think I would rather have an empty hole
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
It has COPY on the reverse.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
932 Posts |
Legal, but dumb to buy either way, just worthless.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To the seller:
Thank you for taking such nice clear pictures with your potato.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
932 Posts |
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To the seller:
Thank you for taking such nice clear pictures with your potato Ha! Maybe taken with the SpudCam 3200, which now takes 0.3 megapixel masterpieces! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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A cast and an electrotype are two different things. You can make a cast of an electrotype, or an electrotype of a casting but why bother making a fake of a fake?
And strictly speaking I'm not sure if it is legal of not. Yes it has COPY on the reverse, but I don't think it complies with the standards for the marking.
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Pillar of the Community
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4932 Posts |
Didn't notice it said copy on the reverse, honestly just looks like damage or a crude spelling.
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Valued Member
United States
324 Posts |
Speaking as someone who makes electrotypes, this piece is baaaad. The copy stamp isn't actually to code, either
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is electrotypes the same as "spark erosion" copies?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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EDM? (electrical discharge machining not electric dance music)
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Bedrock of the Community
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Is electrotypes the same as "spark erosion" copies? No. An electrotype is made by pressing a coin into wax or other soft molding material then electroplating the mold to create a copper or silver shell. You do the same for each side and then fill and bond the two shells together with lead or other low melting point metal. A spark erosion piece is made for a die created by an electrical discharge machine. A coin is placed parallel to the face of a steel die blank and an electric charge is placed on them so that a spark will jump from the high point of the coin to the die blank. The spark creates or erodes a pit in the surface of the die. This continues until the die face has been eroded to the point that it's contours are parallel to the contours of the surface of the coin. The die is then hardened and can now be used to strike coins. Edited by Conder101
07/31/2015 12:13 pm
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Posted 07/30/2015 9:22 pm
