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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2713245, member: 24314"][USER=15199]@desertgem[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(89, 0, 179)">No, Improper alloy mix is what I was told by many sources including those at the Philly Mint. See images at the bottom of this post. That's the type of crystallization I like better than woodies. I was told this is a similar thing as the different metals separated during cooling. </span></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=84179]@Oldhoopster[/USER] posted: "Although the coin is ruined, this is a great example showing the how different metal grains look after improper mixing. It's a</p><p>topographic representation of the toning seen on "woodies". You can even see the direction that the strip was rolled, since the grains are stretched during this process."</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(89, 0, 179)">I was waiting for a member to ask which direction the strip was stretched as I never gave that a thought in the past. Hopefully, Oldhoopster will educate us. </span></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=307]@mikenoodle[/USER] <span style="color: rgb(89, 0, 179)">Thanks, I'm trying to play nice. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I have hundreds of images to post; but this is <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">not as much fun</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">as the way I was taught</span> by being asked "What happened to this coin!" <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Then each of our incorrect guesses were explained away until we got the answer. </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(89, 0, 179)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(89, 0, 179)"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"> </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2713245, member: 24314"][USER=15199]@desertgem[/USER] [COLOR=rgb(89, 0, 179)]No, Improper alloy mix is what I was told by many sources including those at the Philly Mint. See images at the bottom of this post. That's the type of crystallization I like better than woodies. I was told this is a similar thing as the different metals separated during cooling. [/COLOR] [USER=84179]@Oldhoopster[/USER] posted: "Although the coin is ruined, this is a great example showing the how different metal grains look after improper mixing. It's a topographic representation of the toning seen on "woodies". You can even see the direction that the strip was rolled, since the grains are stretched during this process." [COLOR=rgb(89, 0, 179)]I was waiting for a member to ask which direction the strip was stretched as I never gave that a thought in the past. Hopefully, Oldhoopster will educate us. [/COLOR] [USER=307]@mikenoodle[/USER] [COLOR=rgb(89, 0, 179)]Thanks, I'm trying to play nice. :angelic: I have hundreds of images to post; but this is [COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)]not as much fun[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)]as the way I was taught[/COLOR] by being asked "What happened to this coin!" :( Then each of our incorrect guesses were explained away until we got the answer. [/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(89, 0, 179)] [/COLOR] [SIZE=4] [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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