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Pillar of the Community
New Zealand
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1945 Canada 5cents Chrome and Nickel? Your thoughts   Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
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The one on the left looks harshly cleaned? John1  |
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Valued Member
United States
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This issue was nominally struck on chromium-plated steel blanks. Sometimes, through error, the strips were not plated and the blanks and coins ended up being plain steel. Your piece on the right might be one of those. They are scarce, but not rare.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It looks like the obverse die on your second coin was nearing the end of it's life. I think I see Cuds forming several places ( above GE, OR, ET, MP ) and a nice die crack between R and E of REX. Nice coin Don! Edited by Phil310
06/08/2019 09:41 am
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United States
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I do not see any signs of Cuds. John1 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks to me like Cuds in the denticles in several places. This is the best enlargement I could make.  |
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United States
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I will wait for some pros to chime in. John1 |
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United States
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Yes, they look like little edge Cuds to me. |
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Pillar of the Community
 New Zealand
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Thanks for the info  and Phil310 Heres a close up of the Cuds  Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
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United States
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Now that's a great photo,what are you using? Would that be rim Cuds or Cuds? John1 |
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 Canada
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The steel strips from which the blanks were punched for these coins were first plated with nickel then with chrome. Same process as used for car bumpers of the day. The "no chrome" coins, which your second coin appears to be are from strips which received the nickel coating only. Because the blanks were punched from the already plated strips there is no protective plating on the edge. What appears to be Cuds is nothing more than rust creeping in from the edge, beneath the plating, as you can clearly see in the last photo. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
Edited by DBM
06/08/2019 6:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
New Zealand
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Now that's a great photo,what are you using? Thank you and I am using a Canon (same as a rebel 3) with a 60m macro lens. Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree, sensational blow-up of the Cud area. |
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Canada
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Yes, sensational blow up of the rusted area.
Very common condition for '44 and '45 nickels.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
Edited by DBM
06/08/2019 8:37 pm
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