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<p>[QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 4958679, member: 59677"]A genuine unplated planchet (and they do occur) will look like a normal coin, but well struck and no copper.</p><p><br /></p><p>An acid-treated (to remove the copper) coin will have either tiny bits of copper left in the protected corners or will have thinner devices because the acid eats some of the zinc after the copper is gone.</p><p><br /></p><p>See how thin the letters are on [USER=96124]@Heavymetal[/USER] 's coin. I'm calling that acid...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 4958679, member: 59677"]A genuine unplated planchet (and they do occur) will look like a normal coin, but well struck and no copper. An acid-treated (to remove the copper) coin will have either tiny bits of copper left in the protected corners or will have thinner devices because the acid eats some of the zinc after the copper is gone. See how thin the letters are on [USER=96124]@Heavymetal[/USER] 's coin. I'm calling that acid...[/QUOTE]
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