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Hi Bruce, seems like a long time since I've seen you post.
Everything alright? How are things on your end?
-Shawn
EDIT to add:
It has been forever! Nearly 2 months!
That is a very cute kid you have there.My little girl is 6 and I have one 24 too.Quite the spread.Those are the great years before they start to form their own opinions.Then look out.LOL But they are the reason I collect.Because the way this economy is going.We'll never know when that pocket change may come in handy.It's nice meeting you by the way.I hope to learn more from you.
It's obvious it has to be something that causes the separation.I've never seen it happen so I'm not sure how it happens.But a more professional answer would be really nice to know.And you seem to know your stuff.The one thing I do know is the fact that rip off artist use acid and a few other methods to counterfeit one.I also heard some people use dry ice to cause a coin to separate.It's a shame those type of people are out there.Because if both of those coins I bought at such a great deal were real.I would have been so much better off.This is my first time in here and I'm just a JR.Feels good to be younger again LOL
This does bring up some good questions though.At which point during production does a coin lose it's clad layer?Is it when the the planchet strip is made incorrectly and inadvertently knocked off when the machine cuts it out?Or is it when it is improperly annealed causing it to heat the metal to much and explode off when the planchet is formed?Or is it when it is annealed before the high speed die strike which may cause a fragile plancet to lose it's clad.?Or does the clad just fall off when it's getting tossed around with so many coins on it's way to my house?
LOL! I saw at the bottom of the main page of CT your name with (18) next to it. And I am saying to myself.... I know Bruce is not 18 years old what is up with that!!!??? Then I saw where it was the number of posts.... not your age!!! LOL! That was funny. Joe
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