A little coin brightner to shed more light on the subject, literally. From this can I suggest wood effect is caused by certain environmental...
I was interested in what a burnished coin might look like so I tried it. I used a high-speed rotary tool with a fine brass bristle brush and I am...
I'm really not entertaining this is due to some sort of machining. This is an extremely difficult pattern to achieve and there would be no reason...
If it was environmental or submerged in acid wouldn't the damage be consistent throughout the fields, legends and rim? PS I'm not disregarding...
Thing is the legends are barely raised on the field but , the rim is fine. The damage does not seem evenly distributed over the entire surface.
I think Fred Weinberg posted "looks like wire brush" in the wrong thread. It's okay I got it
I've dismissed damage because the rim seems unaffected. And the reverse has the same features but it has a better relief.
A wire brush? It looks like it was bead blasted??? There are no striations.
1.4 mm
Thing is the legends are barely raised on the field but , the rim is fine. The damage does not seem evenly distributed over the entire surface....
Are you referring mine or dudes? I would think acid bath would affect the edges of the legends, In other words wouldn't acid attack the details...
I'm having a personal debate with declaring this condition. I've dismissed damage. Missing clad maybe? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Just wondering what kind of deterioration could cause this effect, maybe a ton of Grease?
Agreed
Okay I just started weighing some 80s cents. I almost immediately found a 1984 that is weighing in at 2.9 grams. That is 4 grams over zinc cents...
But after 7 years of being lodged in some blind crevice in the machine I would have to think some human intervention was involved, like some...
True
I'm seriously contemplating weighing my coins. Ugh.
LOL
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