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I asked at a local coin shop. They have not heard of it. When I went back a few days later to show them a couple of the rolls they said that others they had mentioned it to have not heard of it! So here goes: In 2000 I bought two Sacagawea rolls from the Mint; I also bought a bank roll. Placed them in a small box. As 2000 passed and into 2001, I was getting one each bank roll of the newly issued quarters and placing them into the box. They were bank wrapped in clear plastic with open ends. As time went on I eventually look at the ends of the quarter rolls and much to my surprise and dismay("at the time"), both end coins of each of the rolls were turning GOLDEN. I said to myself, "Those D___ dollars are ruining my quarters!!" Now, some are a beautiful evenly coated "Gold"; some are variegated and unique(Possibly due to fingerprints). There was NO Known nearby electromatic source and No chemicals or toning was ever applied! All the visible coin edges thru the plastic rolls DO NOT have the Gold coloring. The quarter coloring is the tiniest shade lighter than the Sac. dollars and with spit on a tissue--Does not rub off! This is not a scam, this is not a figment of my imagination and despite that I'm 70, I am not crazy!! Has anybody else experience this? Is it common? I can not be the only one! Any comments or suggestions. Thanks, bame
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Pillar of the Community
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Pictures needed and welcome to the forum Bame. -64s  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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There was NO Known nearby electromatic source and No chemicals or toning was ever applied!
Pictures would certainly help. With that said, where were they kept? You stated a small box, would that happen to be cardboard? You do not need to apply anything to a coin for it to tone- the environment that the coin is stored in will do that all on its own. Cardboard usually has some level of sulfer content and will usually tone coins, but air, heat, and humidity will tone coins as well. I have seen many golden toned clad coins come from the ends of paper rolls(I do not get plastic rolls in my area) and happens fairly often if the rolls have open ends exposed to the environment. |
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Interesting. I notice some Sacs I have in a medicine bottle long term are turning brown. It's hard to explain, but it looks like the gold color coating is going away, or thinning dramatically. It doesn't look to me like a 'natural' aging or patina one would see on 'normal' US coins. The coins are surely not gold plated. So what exactly are they colored gold with? Anyone know that one? |
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They are not plated, they are clad: Cladding: 77% copper 12% zinc 7% manganese 4% nickel. Core: 100% copper Sacagawea Coin FactsEdited by jbuck
05/05/2008 5:54 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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So what exactly are they colored gold with?
Mainly copper and manganese with a little zinc and nickel. They tend to tone a brownish color on their own when exposed to the environment but you may also have leftover medicine residue in your pill bottle. The cladding is not going away or thinning. |
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BAME
Did you ever figure out the mystery? My son found a 2001 Rhode Island Quarter with the same
gold color. I also have a few newer pennies that are shiny silver in color.
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I have had the same thing happen to some nickles. They came from the bank and are wrapped in a plastic shrink wrap with open ends. The rolls is a westward journey series roll, if I remember right.
They have been sitting in a tackle box where I keep my loose coins and coin tubes. Just the end coins seem to have a gold color to them now.
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Bedrock of the Community
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No great mystery here. The end coins are exposed to the air, water vapor, and whatever chemicals are out gassing from the plastic, the box, and whatever elxe may happen to be in the air in the local area. Some of them have toned from this exposure. A perfectly normal occurrence.
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