Brassy Plating
I may be off base here, but I believe when the copper for plating gets contaminated with zinc from lost blanks it becomes brassy.
I watched that, need to brush up on my ancients, didn't get that one!
That is a nice one, touch it only by the edge and get it into a protective holder.
Yes, that is exactly what they look like. [IMG]
Just damaged, often called "dryer coins" because getting caught in a commercial dryer is a common way this happens.
A 1941 Canadian quarter would be silver, not clad. How could a 1941 Canadian quarter be struck on a planchet that wouldn't exist for another 24...
The 1970 S proof quarter struck on a 1941 Canadian Quarter is a one off, manipulated "error". There is no reason to believe there is another one,...
Looks like pvc contamination to me.
No, that's just heavy damage. The biggest clue that the circular impression area is damage is that the area opposite on the reverse is flattened....
No problem, I collect these by die variety so I have all the references.
Actually there are well over 200 varieties for 1787! This one is 33.19-Z.2 which is a rarity 5 variety. Rarity 5 translates to 46-60 known...
Speared olive bud, nice!
Nice coin but not nearly valuable enough to have slabbed.
More than I can store properly, and they still keep coming!
Absolutely! On the rare occasion someone on one of those groups comes up with a common date Indian cent or v nickel, and all the responses just...
Absolutely true, I follow a couple of the facebook coin collecting groups and they are just unbelievable. One of my favorite common questions is,...
1799 is definitely my white whale!
I wonder what they are generally plated with, chrome? Certainly shinier than zinc.
It is quite ironic, of all the 1787 varieties these are both the same one, 38-l.2! This is an R4 variety, 117-158 known.
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