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Jays-Dad Pillar of the Community United States 790 Posts	Posted 05/30/2008 2:37 pm I got a weird coin from Costa Rica, 1969 10 Centimos. The weird thing is that it looks and feels and sounds like its silver. It appears to be 2 g, the correct weight for both silver and copper-nickel versions of the 10 Centimos. The 1969 10 Centimos is supposed to be copper-nickel. Image: CostaRicaObv.jpg 45.13 KB Image: CostaRicaRev.jpg 40.98 KB As you can see in the photos, the coin on the left has a silvery color and evidence of an earlier mounting. Would someone silver plate it for jewelry? Report this Post to the Staff

Jays-Dad Pillar of the Community United States 790 Posts	Posted 05/30/2008 4:48 pm If I do happen to get a Costa Rica expert, I also happened to find a 1985 20 Colones with no reeding that appears to be thicker than other coins of the same year. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 05/30/2008 8:29 pm I'm no Costa Rica expert, but here hare my non-expert opinions. I'd say the 1969 has been silver-plated, for use as jewellery. As for the 1985, it may have been "rimmed" in a slot machine? These coins are stainless steel, not the easiest metal to "spoon the edge". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Jays-Dad Pillar of the Community United States 790 Posts	Posted 05/30/2008 9:22 pm After the whole 1972 Quarter discussion I am hoping for the big score! Whatever happened with that quarter? Did he sell it? Maybe at the Littleton yard sale! I kind of assumed that the 1969 piece was plated, but it seems weird to plate a silver colored coin. As for the lack of edge reeding, I was guessing it was a casino coin at first, but it is thicker than a regular coin and just doesn't have the same look (I've got a JFK half that is a clear casino coin). Maybe because it is stainless steel, a metal I'm not familiar with, it wears in a way I'm not used to. Report this Post to the Staff
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