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1983 Ken half with metal lump on both sides any ideas

WhatafindWhatafind Posts: 432
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Yes i pick up in my change.
So what do you think it is?
Never give up the hunt!
25 inf 1/14 Gold Dragons ,never surrender, over come and adapt
and hold at all cost!

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  • VicThrustVicThrust Posts: 322
    My father has one exactly like that. i am curious to know.
  • CgbCgb Posts: 710 ✭
    I can't quite see from the picture, but is it raised on one side and dented in on the other? Or is it raised on both sites?
  • WhatafindWhatafind Posts: 432
    its raised on obverse and reverse !
    Never give up the hunt!
    25 inf 1/14 Gold Dragons ,never surrender, over come and adapt
    and hold at all cost!
  • jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There was a small air pocket between the cladding layers.
    Someone heated it with a blowtorch
    Now there's a big air pocket between the cladding layers.

    Damaged post mint. No value. Sorry.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,789 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What he said.
    TD
    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.
  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,354 ✭✭✭✭✭
    From the image the lumps don't line up with each other unless the reverse is rotated 180.
    Could it be two different air pockets?
    Larry

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