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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How is this done? Some kind of sticker? It almost seems more like paint. You're probably all laughing at me but I swear I've never seen or heard of this...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's some sort of screen printing thing. I've seen a number of coins like this, though not this particular coin. It's actually usually even uglier than this, I don't know who buys them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To think some people pay for that. ugggh
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Valued Member
United States
450 Posts |
Hi Steve,
It is paint... I have seen Modern Bullion walkers painted on the obverse.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1291 Posts |
But if it's paint, why is it not exactly on top of the detail? You can clearly see that the "painted" "S" in CENTS is to the left of the actual "S" on the coin...
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Valued Member
United States
450 Posts |
True, I did not catch that, but the walker I saw done, had colored the original design.
It had the same type of little dots for the paint style as well.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
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But if it's paint, why is it not exactly on top of the detail? You can clearly see that the "painted" "S" in CENTS is to the left of the actual "S" on the coin...
So you found a new type of Double Die. One on the metal and one in paint for the CENTS. So now is this a new type of Double Die? Also, note some of America is also Doubled that way. What an amazing Double Die. Possibly worth it's weight in Nickel.   Not sure but aren't horns usually sort of greyish or tan? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1291 Posts |
Just curious about the process...and the point of doing it, I suppose.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1291 Posts |
Just to give you the "back story" about why I asked about this: A co-worker's father died and the gentleman had hoarded a LOT of old coins...90% silver, Buffalo nickels, Wheat Cents, etc., and my coworker asked me to help him identify which coins might be valuable. So I supplied him with a list of key dates and other things to look for. After the process was over he brought in a few of these gaudy looking nickels (like the one in my photo) and asked me what it was. I was totally embarrassed to admit that I had no idea...I really haven't kept up with the coins minted since the mid seventies! So that's why I was asking. I'm in total agreement that it's an abomination and the kind of thing that only people with lots of plastic lawn decorations (like the plastic Dutch woman showing her bloomers as she bends over!) would be interested in collecting, but I just wanted to be able to tell my co-worker how it had been done. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1291 Posts |
And THIS final comment is my 667th on this forum. I have no reason for leaving it other than I didn't want to be stuck on 666!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Without seeing in hand I can't tell if it is a sticker or if it has been screenprinted. Both techniques are used to make colorized coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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horrible!
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Posted 09/29/2011 10:13 pm
