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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 24654984, member: 24314&quot;]WHAT A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE!!!&nbsp;&nbsp; My envious collector meter at 100%!&nbsp;&nbsp; So far, I have only two copper coins (Indian and early Lincoln) with embedded silver flakes.&nbsp; I&#039;ll guarantee there are copper coins with embedded gold during striking</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Depends on what they are made of, how deeply they are struck in to the coin, and the composition of the coin.&nbsp; You can see on the dime that some craters are copper colored.&nbsp;&nbsp; Either the copper came out of some of the clear holes or some other type of debris harder than copper was also between the die and planchet.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Sawdust struck thru&#039;s were fairly common on Morgan dollars yet in most cases the original sawdust has been removed by circulation friction or cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="5"><span style="color: #ff0000">NOW FOR an easy question to see who is paying attention....</span></font></b></p><p><b><font size="5"><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></font></b></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"><font size="6">The copper colored flects on the two dimes are caused by two different processes.&nbsp; How did they get on the coin and how can you tell?&nbsp; </font></span></b><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">@ -JefB&nbsp; </span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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