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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael H Webb, post: 3236067, member: 93313&quot;]While I did suspect a silver or lead amalgam, the tin/lead solder outcome was a surprise.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even so, having created tin/lead solder artifacts myself over 40 years ago, I disagree with your assessment that the final reproduction had to involve pressing.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reflective nature of the coin has less to do with polishing of the mold and more to do with the surface tension of molten solder itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even the relief features are impacted by the effect of this surface tension, such that the original frosted finish could not be reproduced, leaving only a shiny, coarse, and approximate rendering of the sand like material used for the initial mold.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve reported to Ebay the total of two coins as fakes and included as references many of the images posted in this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, the seller is eager to get the coins back, eliminating the possibility of my own Ebay listing imitating and exposing carriebear31&#039;s fraud.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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