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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1490438, member: 66"]25 cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>from your description you have a quarter that has been soaking in acid. It attacks the copper more readily than the clad layers which is why they extend out past the copper. the fa the copper is still reeded also indicates that it was acid soaked. In order to be reeded the copper had to press against the collar which means that at one time it had to be out even with the clad layers. Since the acid attacks the high and low areas of the reeds equally the reeding remains visible even as the diameter of the copper is reduced by the acid.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1490438, member: 66"]25 cents. from your description you have a quarter that has been soaking in acid. It attacks the copper more readily than the clad layers which is why they extend out past the copper. the fa the copper is still reeded also indicates that it was acid soaked. In order to be reeded the copper had to press against the collar which means that at one time it had to be out even with the clad layers. Since the acid attacks the high and low areas of the reeds equally the reeding remains visible even as the diameter of the copper is reduced by the acid.[/QUOTE]
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