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<p>[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 1000013, member: 4381"]the minting process for Buffalo Nickets had a raised date and mint mark. Once they wore off, the coin was unidentifiable. But the different pressures on the metal of the coin creates an invisible, substrata matrix of metal, and you can raise the date sometimes in a light acid bath, which will unevenly remove enough metal to see the date, making a virtually worthless coin at least a place holder in your coin album.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder if the same can be accomplished with xray refraction.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ruben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 1000013, member: 4381"]the minting process for Buffalo Nickets had a raised date and mint mark. Once they wore off, the coin was unidentifiable. But the different pressures on the metal of the coin creates an invisible, substrata matrix of metal, and you can raise the date sometimes in a light acid bath, which will unevenly remove enough metal to see the date, making a virtually worthless coin at least a place holder in your coin album. I wonder if the same can be accomplished with xray refraction. Ruben[/QUOTE]
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