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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 357547, member: 12965&quot;]<font face="Arial"><font size="2">I said it &quot;looks&quot; that way and what I mean by that is if you look at a cent with an Improper Alloy Mix, it&#039;s surface is still smooth whereas the nickel&#039;s &quot;streaks&quot; are rough and appear to be on the surface and not throughout the coin (throughout the coin = down to the core). If you look at a &quot;Woody&quot; (if that&#039;s what a cent with an Improper Alloy Mix is called) the streaks should also be in/on the edge of the coin, hence, Improper Alloy Mix appears to be a condition that is throughout the coin and not just on the surface. I do not believe my nickel is like that. I believe it has rough streaks on the surface caused by contamination of some sort and has nothing to do with the alloy mix, but this is my conclusion (ie. - when metals are heated to the point of melting, contaminants can/usually rise to the surface). I can&#039;t find anything that specifically discusses buffalo nickels and the weird raised streaks that sometimes occur on them (never seen them on other nickels). The Improper Alloy Mix defintion even said it was primarily with Wheat Cents, but it didn&#039;t say it didn&#039;t apply to Buffalo Nickels either.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2"><font face="Arial">My nickel should be in any day now and I&#039;m buying a camera tomorrow, so when the nickel gets here I will take edge photos of it to see if I can show what I&#039;m trying to explain here (nice normal smooth edge surface with no streaks).</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2"><font face="Arial">I hope the new pics will help everyone to understand what I&#039;m trying to say here. :goofer:</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2"><font face="Arial">Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2"><font face="Arial">Ps: Idhair - I noticed it looked like it took 10 days for you to get a response from PMG about some pictures. Is that somewhat the normal turnaround (several days) for questions posted to them?</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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