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Environmental damage. Maybe a metal detector find. Not an error. John1  |
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No error. Just very bad Environmental Damage. Probably was in the ground for a long period of time and then got dug up from the ground.
Errers and Varietys.
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From the surface pitting it looks to have been in a corrosive environment for some time changing the coin to black. The ground is not that acidic to do that much damage. I've found plenty of dimes metal detecting and none looked like that.
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I rounded up a few dug dimes from my dug coin box. None have any corrosiveness although some have turned a darker colour. Would salt water do that to the surface (cause the pitting)?  Edited by Mark1959
09/20/2017 2:42 pm
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Soil surrounding a clad dime does not cause this kind of damage, even on a beach with salty shores.
It would be nice if the folks who constantly cry this as a metal detector type find actually pull a few thousand coins from all types of soils before making such an observation.
Icky doesn't necessarily mean detector find. In fact Icky is pretty scarce except for really old copper and bronze from detector finds.
For clad they do dim in color. For silver they often look like the day they were dropped.
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Sorry moxking. Maybe a former water fountain coin? John1 |
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Where it looks like silver in the pic showing through it is like a shiny cover color I will get better pics when I get home for you fellas
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That thing had me fooled I put it under microscope it had a little silver so I scratched it more silver so I guess it did have clad and it was heavy environmental damage thanks guys I'm keeping it anyways it is pretty awesome looking to me I will add it to my door nickel FNS and my fire breathing Jefferson lol
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If you put a CuNi coin in a solution like apple cider vinegar or certain soft drinks, that will change the outside properties to absorb and chemically change color such as this. Think your nasty dirty cupholder bottoms of your work truck...don't blame Little Johnnie for this one!
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Soil surrounding a clad dime does not cause this kind of damage, even on a beach with salty shores.
It would be nice if the folks who constantly cry this as a metal detector type find actually pull a few thousand coins from all types of soils before making such an observation. I've been metal detecting along time now and Yes the Soil can do this to a coin. The type of soil, moisture content, time in the ground PH level all play a factor in what the coin will look like. Georgia red clay is not very forgiving to coins that have been in the ground a long time. If it's not a metal detector find then it's some other kind of environmental damage Quote:
Soil surrounding a clad dime does not cause this kind of damage, even on a beach with salty shores. Then obviously you have never been metal detecting Edited by jasper62
09/20/2017 5:32 pm
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Crazyb0, now it's time to start a : *Coin cleaning chemistry*book  |
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Put it back into change. LOL
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I agree with jasper, I do metal detecting and have seen many coins with same environmental damage on them so, yes it is possible.
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