Numismatic Horror Due To Metal Scavenger

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gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 01/21/2011 08:32 am This is the remains of a formally beautiful coin: And this is the original: http://www.cbr.ru/eng/bank-notes_co...um=5612-0001 Mind you, when it was first released, it was sold for over one thousand dollar back then. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff

wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 01/21/2011 09:04 am I wonder how they did that without damaging the center ring... kinda makes me want to experiment with a circulating bimetallic. Report this Post to the Staff
wmcduff New Member Canada 27 Posts	Posted 01/21/2011 09:58 am Probably the same way that people popped the centers out of twonies in Canada when they first came out. It may have happened naturally, I suppose; a weak bond between the metals, but usually baking and freezing would loosen the center. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 01/21/2011 7:43 pm If you want to remove the outer ring of a circulating bi metallic, it would have to be machined off to cause the least amount of collateral damage. There are usually tabs of metal projecting out from the inner disk, or in from the ring at mid thickness. They are much more firmly engaged when the planchet is struck. How they managed to remove the gold outer ring with minimal damage to the disk is still tough for me to reason. What does the edge of the disk look like? Report this Post to the Staff
Osmanlireich New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 01/21/2011 11:59 pm OUCH! Poor thing! Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 01/22/2011 12:04 am If the technical specs are right, the original silver core would have weigh around 23.3 grams according to the cbr site. It weighs only 21.6g so you know a few grams were lost. The edge of the core is clearly grinded down but not smooth. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
northwestseeker Valued Member United States 286 Posts	Posted 01/22/2011 02:57 am so sad.... Report this Post to the Staff
Numismat Pillar of the Community United States 1666 Posts	Posted 01/29/2011 10:36 pm Most likely they just used a lock clipper. I've done it on some well worn Mexican 10 peso coins from the early 90's, which have .925 silver centers. That was pretty much the only value in those coins, and the lock cutter worked perfectly without damaging the center piece. Just a clip on either side and open. The person who did this obviously didn't know much at all about coins. Edited by Numismat 01/29/2011 10:37 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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