Coins Struck On Wrong Planchet/Burnishing Bead?

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johnnysprawl Pillar of the Community Canada 1622 Posts	Posted 03/05/2017 12:05 pm Seems to me there are two options for these coins: 1. Stuck on an unplated Canadian dime. 2. Struck on a Ballcone burnishing bead. The nickel is a 2004 and is 1.7 g and 17.9mm dia. Cant see the date on the quarter and is 1.6 g and 18.1 mm dia. I'm leaning towards #2, as they look very similar to what is described on the Coinscan website http://www.coinscan.com/err/error.html) and are the same year, are magnetic, etc. Thoughts? Report this Post to the Staff

papeldog Pillar of the Community Canada 1923 Posts	Posted 03/05/2017 12:22 pm Nice coins johnnysprawl I don't know much about these just wanted to comment how nice they are Report this Post to the Staff
Altaira Pillar of the Community Canada 2519 Posts	Posted 03/05/2017 12:44 pm They've showed up before on the forum: 2004 coins struck on unidentified iron planchets. http://goccf.com/t/196084#1821812 Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10463 Posts	Posted 03/06/2017 11:02 am Struck on ballcone, in my opinion. Almost all of these I have seen, are dated 2004 or 2005 (I think that might be the top of a '4' I see in your 5-cent). They are highly prone to rusting, so ensure they are stored in a low-humidity environment. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
mikediamond Pillar of the Community United States 2739 Posts	Posted 04/08/2019 6:07 pm Sorry to revive a long-dormant topic, but some of these off-metal errors are currently up for sale on ebay. From what I've read, ballcone burnishing beads are supposed to be composed of stainless steel, while these off-metal coins rust easily and are reportedly composed of nearly pure iron. Error coin writer and researcher. Report this Post to the Staff
canadian-varieties Pillar of the Community Canada 1442 Posts	Posted 04/08/2019 11:18 pm Steel Ballcone burnishing beads do rust: https://www.kramerindustriesonline....-steel-shot/ "Store Steel Tumbling Media in a Barrel or plastic container. Cover Steel Tumbling Media with water and a rust-inhibiting compound, such as Kramco 510 Rust Inhibiting Powder Finishing Coumpound shing Compound. Procedure for Cleaning Dark or Lightly Rusted Steel Tumbling Media: Rinse out barrel. Add sufficient fresh water to cover the Steel Tumbling Media by one or two inches. Add one teaspoon of Kramco 750 Cleaning Powder Finishing Coumpound to the Barrel for each gallon of water. Run for one or two hours. Repeat if Steel Tumbling Media is not bright and light colored. Rinse out after run. You can now begin normal Burnishing process." Edited by canadian-varieties 04/08/2019 11:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff
mikediamond Pillar of the Community United States 2739 Posts	Posted 04/09/2019 08:19 am However, with respect to stainless steel ballcone pellets, the same website has this to say: "Stainless steel tumbling media allows for faster finishing times and reduces the storage, maintenance, and handling costs common to carbon steel media. Rust inhibitors are usually unnecessary and maintenance procedures for overnight and longer-term shutdowns are considerably simplified. " Error coin writer and researcher. Edited by mikediamond 04/09/2019 08:20 am Report this Post to the Staff
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