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<p>[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 3013625, member: 21705"]Old Coppers are such a fascinating specialty because so many things can cause a variation in the finished product. Planchet differences and errors are common and confusing at times. Lamination errors are just one kind of error and have so many different faces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then production errors as we suspect here. Alignment, missing or multiple strikes, foreign material in the dies including grease or polish can really throw off attribution efforts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then the PMD on a metal prone to movement and environmental damage, both chemical and physical, make the detective's work more challenging to say the least.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps that is why the numismatists are becoming scarcer as the plastic collectors thrive. Numismatists need a detectives heart.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 3013625, member: 21705"]Old Coppers are such a fascinating specialty because so many things can cause a variation in the finished product. Planchet differences and errors are common and confusing at times. Lamination errors are just one kind of error and have so many different faces. Then production errors as we suspect here. Alignment, missing or multiple strikes, foreign material in the dies including grease or polish can really throw off attribution efforts. Then the PMD on a metal prone to movement and environmental damage, both chemical and physical, make the detective's work more challenging to say the least. Perhaps that is why the numismatists are becoming scarcer as the plastic collectors thrive. Numismatists need a detectives heart.[/QUOTE]
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