Coin Characteristic Quiz #5

Lehigh96, posted: "To be fair, he didn't say "placed" he said "dropped" in a shallow dip. The careless manner of inserting the coin in the dip could easily create a wave in the liquid yielding and uneven dip on the edge. [Nice theory but IMHO, very likely IMPOSSIBLE! Try it for yourself. You'll see.] Since the person dipping the coin only cared about removing the toning on the face, his carelessness of inserting the coin in the solution seems likely.

PS, these are fun but wouldn't it be better to show us photos of the entire coin rather than just one small section. In this instance, I would very much like to see the "very colorful toning JOB."[Agree, that would have been educational for many; however, I suspect you know AT when you see it.]

Anyway , I don't do entire coins, both sides, edges, holders or anything else unrelated to the characteristic I am showing because 99% of the time it is unnecessary!

 

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^^^ This is what I was getting at. Toning was either being removed or being added, and the hard delineation made it look like it had been removed.

I get the importance of the edge, but it is just one facet for determining what has happened to a coin.

 

I’d guess it depends on how concentrated the dip is. More concentrated = faster results

 

I don't dip coins and I'm not purchasing dip for the purposes of proving or disproving this theory. You know more about the subject, I will take your word for it that it is impossible.

And yes, I am very good at determining AT from NT, but I suspect that we have many members/lurkers who don't share the same level of confidence in that area that I do.

 

I have dipped a few coins before. IMO, EVERYONE who collects coins should know how to preserve them properly. Sometimes, that involves chemicals (PROPER CLEANING). The sharp line would not be present if a coin were dropped into the chemical. I have shown an AT coin above. There will be some NT/AT coins in future quizzes.

 

Paul...you could be totally right. My thought was it would be hard to place a coin in a shallow dip and remove it so quickly to get that kind of irregular pattern. It's not like coin dips are think in consistency. At least...that was my line of thinking.

 

Even being from KY, I have never dipped snuff.

 

Natural edge toning :

 

interesting.

 

And very good examples of elevation chromatics.

 

PS to all of you "purists" who don't like the way I do things....

Take a look at the stupid way my comment above is displayed. What did I write? You'll need to go to an extra step to find out.

 

...instead of after it like you're supposed to.

Honest, using Reply does work better. It makes it easy for readers to tell what you're quoting vs. what you're saying, and it even gives a link (that little uparrow next to "said: ") that goes back to the original quoted post.

 

Did you know that with the proper use of HTML tags you can make a photo into a link?



Go ahead, click on it, and it transports you to the Heritage auction page.

 

And take the risk of bidding on the eye candy they have?? Not a chance!!

 

Anyone who cannot understand this: JefB Posted: ".... Needs to go back to school!

 

The simplest answer to what happened is the coin had a bad run-in with chemicals. Dip, bleach, Coin doc cocktail, I couldn't tell you.