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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 996586, member: 26302&quot;]Usually the silver is not complete since it was not a layer of silver put onto the coin. I believe the entire planchet had a low silver content, and then they soaked them in sea water to remove the copper from the surface. Then the die striking melted the surface silver and made it look much more silver than it was. When you hold them in hand you can see the silver is part of the metal. When they are in bad shape the silver can come off like silver plate of leaf, but if the coin was in bad shape any collector should realize it should not have its silvering intact.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best I can describe it I guess. Others might be able to describe it better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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