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Hey gold experts, what caused the colors on this double eagle?

erwindocerwindoc Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Dipped and retoned? Alloy mixture??


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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,076 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Don't know. Possibly an old dip and naturally retoned unevenly, but I could not rule out the possibility of an improper wash of the planchet prior to the strike. Things were rough in San Francisco in 1906.

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,492 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a highlighter. I don’t think it is, but it sure looks like it.

  • ReadyFireAimReadyFireAim Posts: 1,825 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 11, 2020 12:10PM

    I've been wondering the same thing.
    Often the yellow shows up around the edge creating a spotlight appearance.

    Sometimes it covers part of the coin like the shadow of a cloud.

    My Saint Set

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,239 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I saw that somewhere. I thought it was my eyes cause I was tired

  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A siege by the white prongs has induced a reaction! 😉

    "Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Improperly neutralized dip residue. Cheers, RickO

  • remumcremumc Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭

    I don't have many gold US coins, mostly type pieces and a smattering of half eagles of both types. I do not understand why anyone would dip an originally toned gold coin. Seems insanity to me!

    Regards,

    Wayne

    www.waynedriskillminiatures.com

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