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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2504199, member: 24314"]True enough and to the best of my knowledge "shipwreck effect" was "coined' at NGC/NCS to label the salvaged to coins for the reason above. In the 1970's it was called "sea-water <span style="color: #b300b3">damage</span>."<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the same way, "environmental damage" became a TPGS word for corroded coins too. Sea water, salt water, environmental,<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> is all a form of corrosion. The effects of corrosion on a coin can occur in degrees. Even "flyspecks" (a term used for tiny dark surface damage on nickels) ar a lesser form of corrosion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2504199, member: 24314"]True enough and to the best of my knowledge "shipwreck effect" was "coined' at NGC/NCS to label the salvaged to coins for the reason above. In the 1970's it was called "sea-water [COLOR=#b300b3]damage[/COLOR].":jawdrop: In the same way, "environmental damage" became a TPGS word for corroded coins too. Sea water, salt water, environmental,:yack::yack::yack: is all a form of corrosion. The effects of corrosion on a coin can occur in degrees. Even "flyspecks" (a term used for tiny dark surface damage on nickels) ar a lesser form of corrosion.[/QUOTE]
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