It is similar to the rim of a wheel.
The correct term is "rim".
Acid bath. But this is sure to spark another debate with some claiming this is some rare and valuable error.
It may have come from Littleton. That's how they package some of their coins (or so I am told).
Could you take some close-up photos of the coin out of the 2X2 (so the plastic does not interfere)? A good close-up of the counterstrike would...
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Huh?
(Apologies to rascal in advance.) That is PMD. Possibly a coin rolling machine or crimper caused the damage.
Good grief! Should we be honest when we answer questions here or should we tell everyone that they have found a rare and valuable error so they...
Darn! You beat me to it! :mad:
Have you compared the weight of your coin to the weight of a clad quarter?
I agree. Glue came to mind when I looked at your photos.
There is no center plug in a Zincoln Cent to be missing. Was it shot? Was it drilled? I don't know but that is PMD all the way. Plus it looks...
That's right. Copper-nickel will tarnish if dropped or buried in the ground. There are numerous other ways a clad coin can get environmental...
Those are flow lines caused by a very worn die. Notice how they radiate from the center of the coin. That is the path that the metal flows when...
I was aware of those shrunken coins but I wasn't sure if that is what you were referring to. This coin still looks like an acid job to me.
Every metal has a coeffcient of expansion which you can use to calculate how much a piece of metal will expand and contact at various...
I think we can rule out "missing planchet" because the planchet was struck into a coin. If the planchet was missing there would be no coin....
Classes meet at the same time. Unless you can be two places at once you will have to either take one 5-day course or one or two 2-day courses. If...
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