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So this shouldn't exist, right? There's no hint of copper in the rim. It weighs about the same as my clad Ikes My scale only shows full grams. On all my coins it says 23 grams Any explanation for the rim?    |
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 To CCF! I was wondering if you can please elaborate on your question, so I can understand it better.  Errers and Varietys.
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to CCF. 22.7 for clad and 24.6 for 40% silver. Try the tissue test. John1  |
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@coinographer, it sounds like you are wondering whether this coin might have been struck on a silver planchet rather than a clad planchet since you can't see any copper on the milled edge. A better scale would confirm, but based on your current scale, it seems as though the coin was made from the correct planchet. Perhaps the copper was been covered up by flowing metal in the collar?
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 Also, it could be plated. |
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Take a knife blade and score inside one of the indents on the rim, you will probably see a copper core. On early years of Ikes the pressure of strikes were greater to lengthen the run life of dies. This causes a "stretching" of one layer along the rim, inside the collar(what Spence referred to above). You see this a lot as it seems copper layer shows more towards the obverse than reverse(vice-versa). Weight is the key. Quote:
Also, it could be plated. Doubtful. The details would indicate a mushiness that this coin doesn't have. This only shows as normal circulation, wear. Note how the details are crisp at upper levels, especially on facial detail. Edited by Crazyb0
08/20/2018 12:18 pm
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I scraped several of the indents and the copper is showing through. I wonder if someone electroplated it to fool.
The stretching nickel layer sounds plausible.
Thanks for the help - I thought for a moment 'my ship had come in'!
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My guess would be plated as well. Silver plating at less than .0005" thick would not cause any distortion of details as stated above. and to the forum! Edited by dave700x
08/20/2018 5:16 pm
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