New To Foreign Coin Collecting, Any Idea What This May Be? 1967 5 Ore Error?

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Chelsi2d New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 07/07/2023 10:58 pm I have this 1967 5 Ore coin, as far as I've seen, all 5 ore coins after 1964 were bronze/copper colored. So why would it look this way? It is not any chemical reaction, paint, or anything like that. Edited by Chelsi2d 07/07/2023 10:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff

HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 25241 Posts	Posted 07/07/2023 11:34 pm Chelsi, your coin has some sort of substance on it. Try soaking it in pure acetone for an hour or two and see what happens. If that does nothing, then it was probably plated with silver or some other metal. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6559 Posts	Posted 07/08/2023 02:37 am My guess is paint Report this Post to the Staff
Chelsi2d New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 07/08/2023 02:42 am I soaked it in acetone as suggested, and no change. Left in for a good while too. Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17940 Posts	Posted 07/08/2023 04:06 am Quote: My guess is paint Across the world, fairly large coins with low face values have commonly been the victims of experiments by schoolchildren and other people with too much time on their hands. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6559 Posts	Posted 07/08/2023 06:23 am Quote: Left in for a good while too. Couple days wont hunt the coin Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16830 Posts	Posted 07/08/2023 08:34 am If acetone doesn't remove something within a few minutes, leaving it in for longer isn't likely to help much. I would agree it's some king of silvery pint or coating, that has worn off the high points showing the copper underneath. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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