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I'm pretty sure this guy is just damaged but I haven't seen a quarter with the nickel layer peeling off so I put it aside, I know there is plating errors so I figured I'd ask    Iv seen layers scratched down but this is just kinda peeling off. Edited by Wrekkdd
09/02/2021 4:29 pm
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No info on this one? It seems it's mostly peeling if the rim, there isn't any signs of damage to the rim and all the rivets are still fine but about 45% of the rim dosnt have any plating on it any more. Is this an improperly annealed coin?
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Have you tried a nail file?
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@greasyfingers,what do your mean? I don't think this was a nail file damaged, I'll take more photos and post them, I peeled off part of the plating with my fingers, kind of wish I didn't now. But if I wanted I could probably peel a good portion of the nickel layer with tweezer.shoukd it be so easy to peel away the plating?
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In the photo of the edge of the rim I took the entire rim is missing the clad nickel layer(in photo 3). That entire portion where you can see the rivets are not damaged has a missing layer of metal. Do you think that was filed down?
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Should I be able to just pick of pieces of the plating? And if so big someone just peeled off all the plating on a quarter how could one tell that it's peen peeled off and Nora coin missing the clad layer? If the reeding was filed down over this much if the rim I should be able to see damage on the reeding but there is no damage. Dosnt seem like anyone wants to touch this topic, mayb some better photos would help. But if you look at picture 3 you can see where the plating us gone(all the reeding between my fingers is missing and you can see where it starts and stops.
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09/03/2021 09:30 am
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Looks to me like that coin may have been lacquered and the lacquer is now peeling off.
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Had to look that term up but I don't think that's what's going on here,    Definitely not an added layer that's peeling off. |
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Probably this coin came in contact with a strong acid and the plating is falling off, again the coin is still serving it's intended purpose a quarter
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09/03/2021 10:27 am
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The rest of the coin dosnt look damaged and still has all it's mint luster, I can't see a coin being exposed to strong enough acid to cause the plating to come off yet leave the mint luster on the coin. STL dosnt add up to me. What makes everyone sure it's not an improperly annealed coin?
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I know it cost around 13 cents to produce a loonie in 2013, my guest for a quarter is about 5 cents, the RCM is not mandated to create a perfect coin, just something that serves it's purpose. This coin could have fell onto a lawn and the fertilizer reacted or a cup holder coin, just a damaged coin, we could make a better quality coin by using nickel but that would probably double the cost. |
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Back to my other question, if I'm capable of peeling off all the clad layer what would be the difference between that and a missing clad layer coin. Obviously it would be an altered coin but who would know? How do people know a true missing clad layer of this sort of thing can happen?(I would never do this) but I'm curious.
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09/03/2021 1:02 pm
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I have a missing clad loonie, the strike is beautiful like a original struck loonie, if you can peel off all the outside cladding, this coin will still look damaged, but give it a try still worth 25 cents. Look on ebay for US coins missing clad layer, there are many the coins look original struck Edited by john100
09/03/2021 12:58 pm
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Iv seen them, but iv also seen the "clam coins" I'm just curious how plating errors can be determined to be errors and not damaged. And ya the missing clad layer still get struck by a polished die so they are definitely different that makes sense.
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The RCM picked a very crappy construction process with the questionable plating processes. The coin is functional and will or is doing what it was intended to do. If this was the same problem with any other manufactured product, would you pose questions about it ... say a paper clip that was still functional but was off color. If you want to collect and question alloy plating processes, go right ahead. Just looking at it, you know what the problem is and no one, evidently, is going to give you the answer that you want ... yes it's worth 25 cents and even less if it didn't have a 25 on it.. |
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To my most error coins are functional so idk if it's the best comparison, but I get what your saying okiecoiner. I accept it's a damaged coin, one more and I'll be able to buy a pop or vitamin water from the busted vending machine at my work. I was working on floor projects for the hospital for about 2 years stripping and waxing floors and we had to unplug a vending machine to plug in are equipment, when we plugged it back in it went to factory settings I assume. So 50¢ for everything in it, though the buttons don't usually give what's on them so it took a while to learn what buttons give what lol. The machine guy just re stocks it never fixes it. Been that was for 2 years lol.
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