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BLACK LINE ON COINS


Have a few coins with this same black discoloration. All were in sealed envelopes with no seam to allow contamination in a straight line like that. What causes this? Thank you!

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  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,305 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Its corrosion, I would bet that before the coin was cleaned the entire surface was very dark to almost black, The cleaning/dipping took the worst off but that area is etched into the coin and is more stubborn to remove. The etching itself may have been caused by a rubber band.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Could be the sealing chemical....You cannot have a sealed envelope without a seam....Cheers, RickO

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,146 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The holder had a rubber band around it. Rubber bands are very high in sulfur. Stretch one a few times and smell it. Many years ago a fellow coin club member had a brilliant proof Trade dollar that he stored in a small cardboard box lined with cotton. He stored it for several years with a rubber band holding the box lid on. There was a dark black line crossing the surface of his coin. This is why I always keep rubber bands away from my coins.

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  • LOCK34LOCK34 Posts: 135 ✭✭✭

    Coins were never cleaned. Stored in glassine envelopes for decades. No glue on envelopes. Should have been more specific😁 Thanks!

  • philographerphilographer Posts: 1,316 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I do not have one rubber band in my house. Danger.

    He who knows he has enough is rich.

  • LOCK34LOCK34 Posts: 135 ✭✭✭

    I am a skydiver, I have hundreds of rubber bands at home at all times😁😁😁

  • LOCK34LOCK34 Posts: 135 ✭✭✭

    May have had rubber bands on them at some point in the past.

  • LOCK34LOCK34 Posts: 135 ✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:
    The holder had a rubber band around it. Rubber bands are very high in sulfur. Stretch one a few times and smell it. Many years ago a fellow coin club member had a brilliant proof Trade dollar that he stored in a small cardboard box lined with cotton. He stored it for several years with a rubber band holding the box lid on. There was a dark black line crossing the surface of his coin. This is why I always keep rubber bands away from my coins.

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  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,525 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Rubber band is my first thought.

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,168 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ditto rubber band damage.

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  • jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,167 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 18, 2020 9:35AM

    @LOCK34 said:
    I am a skydiver, I have hundreds of rubber bands at home at all times😁😁😁

    I fly a 182 for skydivers occasionally in Kentucky!

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,339 ✭✭✭✭✭

    looks like rubber band damage to me as well

  • LOCK34LOCK34 Posts: 135 ✭✭✭

    @jwitten said:

    @LOCK34 said:
    I am a skydiver, I have hundreds of rubber bands at home at all times😁😁😁

    I fly a 182 for skydivers occasionally in Kentucky!

    As you should😁😁😁
    Usually jump from Twin Otters and Caravans, but jump at a DZ in Lexington, Texas that flies two 182s🪂🪂🪂

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,596 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @LOCK34 said:
    Coins were never cleaned.

    ?? I am not expert but that coin looks heavily cleaned to me. Maybe not by you, but by someone else....

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,516 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @LOCK34 said:
    Coins were never cleaned. Stored in glassine envelopes for decades. No glue on envelopes. Should have been more specific😁 Thanks!

    Unless you were born a lot earlier than I’d guess and have had possession of the coin since 1878😉, you can’t know that. It looks to have been cleaned.

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Rubber band for sure

  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,536 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My guess: Rubber band.

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  • LOCK34LOCK34 Posts: 135 ✭✭✭

    Of course it could have been cleaned. Would have likely been done before 1930 if so. Not arguing.

  • PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 5,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If it is a rubber band, it's the kiss of death!
    It will always come back!

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  • LOCK34LOCK34 Posts: 135 ✭✭✭

    Wonder if they had a roadie who collected coins..............

  • android01android01 Posts: 306 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I had no idea rubber bands had a high sulfur content. I always use a rubber band or two to secure five or more flips with coins in them. That way they're not scattered all over my desk. I suppose I should reconsider this practice.

  • chesterbchesterb Posts: 961 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @android01 said:
    I had no idea rubber bands had a high sulfur content. I always use a rubber band or two to secure five or more flips with coins in them. That way they're not scattered all over my desk. I suppose I should reconsider this practice.

    Bad idea! I've been there, done that and it didn't end well!

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice pics!

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