1997 5 Cent, A Very Odd Color, Both Sides

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47P7 Pillar of the Community Canada 1505 Posts	Posted 11/09/2020 10:59 am I am wondering what the explanation is for this color This is definitely from the mint. I bought this coin about 15 years ago from a dealer in Vancouver. He had 2 rolls of them. the color in the image is about as close to how the coin is. thanks guys Report this Post to the Staff

silverwolf Pillar of the Community Canada 3733 Posts	Posted 11/09/2020 3:48 pm improperly annealed would be my guess, or stored improperly.. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10460 Posts	Posted 11/10/2020 01:32 am Environmental toning... remember from 1982 to 2000, the composition is Cu-Ni. "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 Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
47P7 Pillar of the Community Canada 1505 Posts	Posted 11/10/2020 10:16 am SPP, when I purchased this coin, the seller just took it off an existing full roll. he said: which one do you want? they were all the same, NO difference. I took the next one in the roll. And the next after that looked exactly the same. so I think that environmental toning does IMO not com in to this? or is it possible for a roll to tone each coin evenly like that.? Report this Post to the Staff
punman Pillar of the Community Canada 849 Posts	Posted 11/10/2020 11:12 am I am with SPP-Ottawa on this one, although I guess there could be exceptions. I started collecting Canadian nickels as a teenager in the mid 1960s and when I look at my collection, and my father's collection, I can see a difference in the finish of the coins from the '80s and '90s. Maybe not to the extent of those in the original poster's picture, but a discernable difference. And when I coin roll search, I can spot that era of coins without even looking at the dates. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10460 Posts	Posted 11/10/2020 9:12 pm Quote: or is it possible for a roll to tone each coin evenly like that.? Yes, it is. Some years more than others. 1982 especially, and you get toning in mint sets and pliofilm sets too. Most of it is unattractive, but in the proof sets, the toning can be spectacular. "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 Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9865 Posts	Posted 11/10/2020 11:19 pm 47P7 your coin appears to have a lined background like that found on 1997 specimen and "PL" set coins. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
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