Test Token 1.4 "d"?

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Smallcentguy Pillar of the Community Canada 1984 Posts	Posted 03/07/2021 10:21 am i have had this test token for a number of years. It weighs 2.5g, has up-up dies and a bilingual legend. So it is very much like a TT1.4C, except it does not appear to be copper. In hand it is a very brassy yellow with some apparent greyish toning. I had been of the view that this coin was plated in some way as the surface is not even. However, I was looking at it carefully yesterday and I now I think it is lacquered. I looks like it has some rippling plus the edge has apparent coat seams. So today's project is to give this an acetone bath and see what happens. I am hoping that this is perhaps an uncatalogued copper/zinc coin like TT1.6A or TT1.6B. I have never seen one of these so I am unsure what colour they would be. I will keep you posted! Edited by Smallcentguy 03/07/2021 10:22 am Report this Post to the Staff

Smallcentguy Pillar of the Community Canada 1984 Posts	Posted 03/07/2021 11:41 am Well, that was a little disappointing. The coin was not lacquered. After the acetone bath the appearance is pretty much unchanged. I guess it just has a surface that is not as smooth as you would expect. I can only assume that this is either a copper zinc coin which has an unusual surface due to the alloy or it has been plated. I guess this needs an XRF. Edited by Smallcentguy 03/07/2021 11:42 am Report this Post to the Staff
ainsivalavie Valued Member Canada 220 Posts	Posted 03/23/2021 12:11 am Quote: Well, that was a little disappointing. The coin was not lacquered. After the acetone bath the appearance is pretty much unchanged. In general, and not specific to your test token, RCM has used a type of lacquer that is resistant to acetone on several issues. In fact, I have often found that for these types of coins (Not all), an acetone soak makes the appearance disastrous. Example with the 5 cents from Proof sets of the early 1990s. I'm sorry if my English isn't perfect... I'm learning a little more every day. Edited by ainsivalavie 03/23/2021 12:14 am Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10456 Posts	Posted 03/31/2022 2:03 pm I also have one like this. Look for a paper forthcoming in the CN Journal, and expect it to be added to the Charlton catalogue for the 76th edition. It is a copper-plated zinc token, of the same age as those from the (1983) issues. The mint was making copper-plated coins for foreign countries in the mid to late 1980s, so it fits the timeline well. "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
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