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<p>[QUOTE="jloring, post: 1664977, member: 15518"]Lol... forgive our YN. Anyway, I doubt if it was rubbed with mercury (which I use to do all the time back in the early 1950's); my experience is that mercury dulls up rather quickly, and doesn't keep its "super shine" very long. More than likely your coin was either bright zinc or bright nickel plated, most likely done as a chemistry experiment or to sell as a novelty. There are thousands of these in circulation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jloring, post: 1664977, member: 15518"]Lol... forgive our YN. Anyway, I doubt if it was rubbed with mercury (which I use to do all the time back in the early 1950's); my experience is that mercury dulls up rather quickly, and doesn't keep its "super shine" very long. More than likely your coin was either bright zinc or bright nickel plated, most likely done as a chemistry experiment or to sell as a novelty. There are thousands of these in circulation.[/QUOTE]
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