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Another error from the Yokozuna collection for your enjoyment. This is a good study piece showing what the strike pressure can do to the copper plating. My estimate of the off center is 60%-65%. What do you think? I'm working with a new camera setup and this image came out a little too pixelated for me. I'll make sure to correct that next time.  Click on the picture for a larger image ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very nice Off Center strike!  60 to 65 percent Off Center sounds correct. Errers and Varietys.
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Nice example Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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These are so cool. Thanks for sharing Yokozuna.
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@yoko, the rev pic seems to show a central, circular region that is more yellowish than the surrounding copper surfaces. Is that just an effect of the photography or is it real? And if real, any thoughts on why? Just plain old surface discoloration or something else?  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice example. Reasonably easy to obtain, with a bit of patience, on the Australian market for around AUD $50 |
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Spence said... Quote:
...the rev pic seems to show a central, circular region that is more yellowish than the surrounding copper surfaces. Is that just an effect of the photography or is it real? And if real, any thoughts on why? It's real, but I can only guess as to what caused it. That area is slightly bent into a curved bowl shape with a flat brim from where it stops to the edge of the planchet. You can feel a slight rise towards the reverse, with the highest point just above the letters TE at the very center of the curved lines. I would guess that this is actually some kind of artifact (slide marks?) of the strike. It's almost like dozens of tiny rings. The lighting I used catches this and makes it look darker than the untouched copper. The color of the copper is the same to the naked eye. Just my observations, I could be totally wrong.  ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!!
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very nice off center Yoko!!
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Thanks to everyone for the replies! @Spence Now I'm thinking that the area in question is showing 'Wheel Marks.' I have another No Date LMC (copper, this time) that's off center by about 70% with the same slight bend toward the reverse. It has the same markings in the unstruck area of the planchet. I'm working on the images and should have them posted early tomorrow. I'd do it tonight, but I'm just too sleepy. I'll start a new topic for the second coin and put a link in this thread. Again, THANKS to everyone for the replies. I'm glad everyone seems to like the coin.  ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!!
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The off color area is interesting, and worth getting Mike's opinion, doesn't seem really amazing but isn't normal. I'd send him a link to this post and see what his diagnosis is.
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Nice example! |
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I just posted the second off-center coin that displays the same anomaly on the unstruck area of the planchet, just not as well defined. You can see it here. http://goccf.com/t/466953 ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!!
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Hey @yoko, may I ask Where you are finding/buying these coins?
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Posted 06/10/2024 7:58 pm
