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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 2440001, member: 307&quot;]Yesterday, this shop owner I know took in this Buffalo Nickel and asked me to look at it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The surfaces are strange and unlike any I have ever seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>The luster is similar to that of a coin that has possibly been plated, but the details belie that fact, they are sharp.</p><p><br /></p><p>There appears to be raw (unalloyed) copper peeking out of the coin on the buffalo&#039;s shoulder, and on the Indian&#039;s feathers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Normally, I would assume PMD or copper plating, but if that were the case, the copper would have worn from the high points and remain in the recesses. this coin exhibits the exact opposite.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it potentially an improper alloy?</p><p><br /></p><p>Does that command an interest within the error community?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance for your help.[ATTACH=full]508279[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508277[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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