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*** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. Previously posted in US Modern Coins. ***This has one different looking texture to it and has a separated edge all the way around. It almost seems to me like a fake posting pictures now thank you 
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New Member
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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my guess is it spent time in an acid bath
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New Member
United States
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thank you I have had this for many years ue to the oddity of it and it has always been a mystery
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@nick10 nailed it. The split edge plus the rough fields are characteristic of clad coins that have been soaked in acid. Its fun to look at, but only worth face value.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
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New Member
United States
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No I can not open the coin. Why would someone want to do that
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Bedrock of the Community
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It has been exposed to a corrosive atmosphere, whether intentional or not. The edge shows the copper having been eaten away more quickly than the copper-nickel, indicating an acidic environment. Quote:
No I can not open the coin. Why would someone want to do that Follow the hyperlink to Magician's coins to see. That is not what you have, though. Your coin was either intentionally damaged with acid or was buried in the ground for some time. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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The split edge plus the rough fields are characteristic of clad coins that have been soaked in acid. Its fun to look at, but only worth face value. I agree. |
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United States
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Oh I remember that dime. It's one that's been in the ground likely since it was minted and I dug it up and tumbled it. Give that dime a childhood it never had by circulating it. Poor fella never knew what it was like to travel thousands of miles like its brothers. To the other 77 philly dimes, it's a long lost brother. Lol
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Clad coins taken from the seashore will look like that.
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Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Bedrock of the Community
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Seawater is also corrosive and would also probably attack the copper faster than the coppernickel.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Kids do that with acid in chem classes in school.
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Acid bath:  |
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Posted 01/29/2019 11:01 pm
