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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 5645255, member: 27832"]The platinum is thin, but <i>ductile</i> -- dent the coin, and it'll deform into the dent, within limits. And many of those dings may have been on the coin <i>before</i> it was plated. The folks who do the plating aren't at all picky about the coins they start with.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the straight-on photos you posted, it really, <i>really</i> looks like a plated coin. It's got the same kind of appearance around the devices, and I don't see any trace of luster -- plating tends to mute luster, because the surface of the plating doesn't retain as much fine texture as the underlying face.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 5645255, member: 27832"]The platinum is thin, but [I]ductile[/I] -- dent the coin, and it'll deform into the dent, within limits. And many of those dings may have been on the coin [I]before[/I] it was plated. The folks who do the plating aren't at all picky about the coins they start with. From the straight-on photos you posted, it really, [I]really[/I] looks like a plated coin. It's got the same kind of appearance around the devices, and I don't see any trace of luster -- plating tends to mute luster, because the surface of the plating doesn't retain as much fine texture as the underlying face.[/QUOTE]
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