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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 3001190, member: 84179"]Since you said in the original post, that the letters are <u>under</u> dark areas and they appear to be raised off the surface of the coin (based on your pics), it's pretty safe to say that the darker areas are some type of solidified metal/solder. Some of it may have come off when it cooled. The lighter areas around the raised part are due to the heat. Definitely happened AFTER it left the mist so it's PMD</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW: It ABSOLUTELY IS NOT melted steel from a damaged die. Steel melts around 2500-2600F and you aren't going to get those temps unless you have a high temp furnace.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 3001190, member: 84179"]Since you said in the original post, that the letters are [U]under[/U] dark areas and they appear to be raised off the surface of the coin (based on your pics), it's pretty safe to say that the darker areas are some type of solidified metal/solder. Some of it may have come off when it cooled. The lighter areas around the raised part are due to the heat. Definitely happened AFTER it left the mist so it's PMD BTW: It ABSOLUTELY IS NOT melted steel from a damaged die. Steel melts around 2500-2600F and you aren't going to get those temps unless you have a high temp furnace.[/QUOTE]
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