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1991 Can. Nickel Discoloration?

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1991-Can.-Nickel--Discoloration?
1991-Can.-Nickel--Discoloration?



Why is one side a different color? Reminds me of "tombac" one side...cheers
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Environmental damage.
Possible cupholder coin,
1991 are made of cupro-nickel, discoloration is very common with this alloy,.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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To CCF! I agree, environmental damage. PMD.
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One side show me a dull Ni. Normal because the Ni over the time become Yellowish Dull. The other side a little bit redish it is eplained by the ionic composition : nickel's high electronegativity, which causes a loss of one electron in copper's d-shell (leaving 9 electrons in the d-shell versus pure copper's typical 10 electrons).
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