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I have a 1962 Nickel that looks kinda like tembec but more goldish colour. Does anyone know what this is / might be?  |
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Is it attracted to a magnet?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Are these coins supposed to be chromed? If so, it is probably missing. Might be rare for that date.
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Canada
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Are these coins supposed to be chromed? No, in 1962 they are 100% Nickel which means that if it is magnetic, it eliminates it being copper. It is probably Environmental Damage causing the discolouration. Possibly it was buried at some point. Hard to say exactly what caused it. |
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I am not sure what environmental damage looks like but this has very uniform colour. My uneducated assumption would be that any kind of environmental damage would be mottled. This looks like a slightly aged loonie.  |
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Canada
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Though it might not be appropriate, it May provide immediate answers if you dragged a part of an edge on one of the points over very light sand paper in an attempt to expose a different color underneath. The weight is also important. Other than that have to send to a lab likely. Please don't do what I said, as I am just making a suggestion, maybe others could chime in
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Canada
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If it is strongly attracted to a magnet, then it is brass plated, done after it left the mint.
That said, brass plating over nickel is not easy, and these "brass nickel" are not common. To plate brass over nickel, this is done with cyanide alkaline electroplating baths, and are really not solutions one should mess around with at home...
Just a bit of copper plating first, then add some heat...
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Would you get this level of detail after plating? I would guess that if you plated it you would get a lot of (gap fill?)/detail loss.  |
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Canada
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Take a trip to Richmond Hill to Canadian Coin and Currency pretend you want to maybe sell it and ask them to XRF, then you will know for sure
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The Royal Canadian Mint was not striking foreign coins in the early-mid 1960s. It is also full collar, full strike... the odds of it being anything other than a brass plated coin are very low. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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It could have been dipped in acid and/or a science project/gag.
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