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~ "Gutta-Percha 4 The Weekend" ~

OK this should be a short thread 
Wondering if anyone can post a pics of a token or medal struck on a Gutta-Percha planchect
Also would like to know if it darkens with age like copper or if you see a dark brown example instead of reddish brown was that it's original color
Thanks in advance!

Wondering if anyone can post a pics of a token or medal struck on a Gutta-Percha planchect

Also would like to know if it darkens with age like copper or if you see a dark brown example instead of reddish brown was that it's original color

Thanks in advance!

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<< <i>Well, that stumped me. Never heard of it. >>
Yeah I can imaging a few Google/Yahoo searches happening on this one
Shamika, Thanks for posting this example!
Since you own this Black Gutta-Percha example looking at the red areas on the obverse do you feel they occurred due to faulty color mixture
It appears to be some sort of grime. But alas, I do not own this specimen.
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I'm amazed to read it was also used to coin a token.
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<< <i>It was also used to make the uniform buttons on the dark green uniforms issued to Berdans Sharpshooters during the Civil War, as the govt slowly got the idea to try and "camo" the soldiers. >>
Scovill Manufacturing beyond buttons also made highly decorative Daguerreotype Photograph Cases and presentation holders for Silver and Bronze medals out of Gutta-Percha.
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<< <i>Scovill Manufacturing beyond buttons also made highly decorative Daguerreotype Photograph Cases and presentation holders for Silver and Bronze medals out of Gutta-Percha. >>
.......actually not true. The material used was called thermoplastic and is made from sawdust shellac a few other chemicals under heat and pressure in molds. Not related to gutta percha at all