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What's wrong with this can anyone tell me?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow! My first thought from the title was zinc bubbles, but they (usually) don't look like that. Better wait for someone with more years under their belt to chime in.
Edited by CopperCastle
12/05/2015 8:51 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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doesn't look to be affected by heat  Edited by Slamnbass
12/05/2015 8:53 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
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It kinda reminds me of struck through late die cap.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just curious can you weigh it?
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Valued Member
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It weighs 2.5g are they meant to weigh 3.11?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nope they're supposed to weigh 2.5 so nothing strange about the weight.
See the discoloration at the top of the reverse? If I had to guess, I'd say that's where the coin was pinched by a pair of pliers, to hold it in a hot oven. I think the distorted shape is just due to the zinc core melting and making the copper foil look lumpy.
A while ago I would melt zincolns for fun and sometimes they'd turn out with bubbly copper foil like this one, albeit with much more oxidation that occurs at a high rate on the hot copper surface. Maybe the coin had some oil or something on the surface that passivated the surface so it didn't oxidize in the heat.
If this were a late stage die cap, I'd expect less detail and/or less bumpiness of the copper foil.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I certainly would not bet against you llewellin,good observation! You can see the opposite mark on the obverse at 6 o'clock-I thought we would see more damage/discoloration from heat but guess not necessarily so...
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12/06/2015 03:02 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 First thought was torched when I saw the heat toning at the top of the reverse |
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But pliers grab, why is there no mark on the observe side?
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Looks heated to me also. John1  |
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United States
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There is a mark on the obverse at 6 oclock-its lighter in color but if you enlarge it you can see its there
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Valued Member
United States
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Dam thought that because it came out of a new roll that it would have been something cool
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United States
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You mentioned it came from a new roll. Was that directly from the mint or a bank?
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It came from my friends shop and he has all new rolls. It just had 2013 in the roll no other dates
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