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Hi, I got a dime the other day(Canadian dime 1994) that is darker/ has rainbow/redish tone, it seems to weigh .04 grams more then all my other dimes around the same year. There is no debris on the coin so I'm wondering if there is a weigh to tone a coin and increase it's weight slightl  |
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Pillar of the Community
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The weight is 2.11g as far as my others weigh all 2.07g and my camera is bad but it is darker then all the others and as I said some redish rainbowish toning, also is magnetic
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Your post was moved to the appropriate forum for the proper attention.  |
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The weight is never exact... .04 grams is within normal tolerances... As for the dark colour, there could be any number of reasons for that... everything from environmental toning to improper annealing... like this one: http://goccf.com/t/242098"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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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 +.04 isn't a concern unless you find yourself blowing into a breathalyzer.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Well its consistent and off colour still, my camera doesn't do justice. But it's twice as dark as any normal dime and the toning on it is weird, I got a new scale recently and it's very accurate so consistent off weight must mean that it's some kind of error or it's simply Mercury toned or something.
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Pillar of the Community
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Not an error ..just exposed to nasty environment.
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Pillar of the Community
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This coin is starting to look really cool, the color is getting darker and almost looks rainbowish. I'll post a new picture soon. Pretty cool toning
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This coin is starting to look really cool, the color is getting darker and almost looks rainbowish. I'll post a new picture soon. Pretty cool toning Thank you for the follow up. Looking forward to the updated photo!   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Here is a better updated picture for all, cool toning I think   |
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Pillar of the Community
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I didn't have an older dime on me to compare with but you can see the discoloration in this phote
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Posted 07/06/2019 10:53 pm
