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TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,836 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Legitimate error ?
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It drew skepticism on eBay, so the auction was ended and this was submitted.

Just wondered what you guys think.

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    tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    Looks like fun with chemistry
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    lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭
    did henning get released???
    better yet did he breed?

    no clue there joe in all seriousness
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,836 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm not sure either. It's definitely an error on the submission form. image

    I wrote "Louisianna" instead of "Mississippi" image
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    lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭
    it wasn't wrapped in gold foil was it that said wonka...?
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    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks like fun with chemistry >>



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    ACID
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    AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,536 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Looks like fun with chemistry >>



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    ACID >>



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    I agree with the acid.

    bobimage
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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 33,863 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Looks like fun with chemistry >>



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    ACID >>



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    Acid was my first thought as well.
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    EagleguyEagleguy Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Almost looks like the clad (?) layer was separated from the rest of the coin. Wonder what the reverse looks like?

    JH
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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like a metal detecting coin.
    Frank

    BHNC #203

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    FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a common thing that
    people do to coins, or that
    happens to coins.

    It's called either 'acid treated'
    or 'chemically treated'.

    The chemical eats away the
    entire outer clad layer sometimes,
    leaving the 'mushy' copper core
    and a much thinner coin - and,
    although the reeding is still there,
    the diameter of the coin has shrunk
    somewhat, although it might not show
    in the photo.
    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,836 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is no fun.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,836 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Anyone ready for Round 2 ?

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,410 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks like fun with chemistry >>

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    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.

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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,836 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The first item did come back from PCGS in a bodybag (mylar flip) with the label saying "questionable authenticity". That cost a little extra money that I can't recoup. image

    Round 2
    Here's a 1940 S. Will it make the grade on the flip ?
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    LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No. It's a AU coin IMO.
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    My Current project....https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/mysetregistry/album/160794
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    OPAOPA Posts: 17,104 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Unlikely...if it did, it would be in a slab already. image
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,500 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks like a metal detecting coin. >>

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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,836 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The quarter was apparently treated with chemistry. The weight was 3.1 grams and it's copper, but as previously noted... this must be done frequently by chemistry buffs because coin buffs wouldn't really waste their time, would they ?
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    sumduncesumdunce Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭✭
    Hydrochloric or Sulfuric acid which can be found in most high school chemistry labs can strip the copper nickle layer off a coin leaving the copper center which retains its details since the erosion from the acid stays fairly symmetrical. Yes, over three decades ago I created such a creature. I have since lost track of it, but it is more than likely still in my collection somewhere.

    V/R



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