Lemme think...
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OK, let's see it.
Precious metals are weighed by the Troy scale. 31.21 g to the Troy ounce, but only 12 Troy ounces to the Troy pound, so 374.52 g to the Troy...
I was very surprised when I first found it out
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The majority metal in a nickel is...surprise surprise!...copper at 75%. War nickels from 1942-1945 were 35% silver...who'd uv thunk
If you find letters and numbers occurring in other places on coins than they should be, it is 99/100 times (or more) damage that just looks like a...
Perhaps the term you are searching for is corrosion?
Looks to me like verdigris or some such material is forming. As the chemical forms, the copper of the coin is consumed.
Welcome to CoinTalk. Looks like someone punched the reverse with something...can we see it please
The peso isn't silver https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1105.html Welcome to CT
Wish it was, but think it is more brass.
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When I first saw it, I thought it was a scratch, but it really is raised.
...thought I had heard that before...a few hundred times
@Shrews1994 ignore the negative postings here and concentrate on the encouraging ones. Did you do INCREDIBLY well, no, but you did OK. I will...
Thanks Paddy, I took it out of the 2x2 and prodded it with a toothpick and it didn't move, I'm stumped by it. Don't know if @Pickin and Grinin...
But I insist 436 angels can dance on the head of a pin...
@Fred Weinberg @paddyman98 could use your expertise here...please
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