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<p>[QUOTE="Howard Black, post: 3535933, member: 97119"]OK, you succeeded in baiting me into one final comment.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am inured to argumentum ab auctoritate. Coins that were "known" to be "impossible" to exist have turned out to... exist. I.e., 1982-D small date bronze.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not know many many things. But I do know that the U.S. Mint does things that no one outside the Mint knows of -- until and unless they leak out into the wild.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not a metallurgist -- but I know it's trivially easy to make a quarter with a nickel core having the same weight as one with a copper core. Simply change the thickness of the cupronickel layers. Not even close to rocket science.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is this coin plated? If so, it's the most remarkable case of plating I've ever seen -- and during my years spent repairing cameras and lenses I've seen my share of plating.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it was plated post-strike then whoever did it deserves a Nobel prize. If it was plated pre-strike... well, that <i>would </i>be consistent with its appearance. And no, the images are not perfect representations of the coin's appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know what it is. I don't claim to know what it is. For those that do claim to know what it is, my hat's off to you. It must be a real burden to endure that massive an ego.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any further swipes at me will go unanswered. I have what's left of a life to live. This tripe will not impinge upon it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Howard Black, post: 3535933, member: 97119"]OK, you succeeded in baiting me into one final comment. I am inured to argumentum ab auctoritate. Coins that were "known" to be "impossible" to exist have turned out to... exist. I.e., 1982-D small date bronze. I do not know many many things. But I do know that the U.S. Mint does things that no one outside the Mint knows of -- until and unless they leak out into the wild. I am not a metallurgist -- but I know it's trivially easy to make a quarter with a nickel core having the same weight as one with a copper core. Simply change the thickness of the cupronickel layers. Not even close to rocket science. Is this coin plated? If so, it's the most remarkable case of plating I've ever seen -- and during my years spent repairing cameras and lenses I've seen my share of plating. If it was plated post-strike then whoever did it deserves a Nobel prize. If it was plated pre-strike... well, that [I]would [/I]be consistent with its appearance. And no, the images are not perfect representations of the coin's appearance. I don't know what it is. I don't claim to know what it is. For those that do claim to know what it is, my hat's off to you. It must be a real burden to endure that massive an ego. Any further swipes at me will go unanswered. I have what's left of a life to live. This tripe will not impinge upon it.[/QUOTE]
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