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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 4510616, member: 59677&quot;]Shiney is bad...</p><p><br /></p><p>The blanks were cut from sheets of zinc-plated steel. As a result on an original piece there is a tiny line of steel on the edge. The zinc also made them look grey and reacted with the environment in unappealing ways.</p><p><br /></p><p>Replated (reprocessed) coins are dunked in a mild acid to remove the zinc and then plated. This covers the entire surface. So no steel line. Also plating with chrome or nickel makes them shiney.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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