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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2790385, member: 27832"]The companies that gimmick up quarters with gold and/or platinum use the term "layered". I've also seen "drenched". <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a feeling they use whatever technique consumes the absolute bare minimum possible of precious metal, as long as the method itself doesn't get more expensive as a result.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm also sure that step zero in the process is <b>cleaning</b> the coin in a way that would ruin it numismatically, even if it were rescued before the coating is applied. The platinum and gold "layered" quarters I've seen display no mint luster whatsoever.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2790385, member: 27832"]The companies that gimmick up quarters with gold and/or platinum use the term "layered". I've also seen "drenched". :rolleyes: I have a feeling they use whatever technique consumes the absolute bare minimum possible of precious metal, as long as the method itself doesn't get more expensive as a result. I'm also sure that step zero in the process is [B]cleaning[/B] the coin in a way that would ruin it numismatically, even if it were rescued before the coating is applied. The platinum and gold "layered" quarters I've seen display no mint luster whatsoever.[/QUOTE]
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