I worked for years in Printed Circuit facilities... and often the plating operators would plate coins with gold... or other objects... it was, of course, forbidden, but they did it anyway. Just as an added note, you would not believe the clever ways they came up with to steal gold. Cheers, RickO
There was a company that used to make charm bracelets for mothers to wear with coins of their kids' birth years. They plated everything to keep them nice for a few years of wear. This might be such a coin.
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Years ago there was some person who was painting quarters red, at least in New England. Maybe this piece was dipped in mercury.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
I have a lot of automotive parts plated, in various colors (golden, silvery, black, etc.)
I have about 3 - 4 55 gallon drums of parts plated.
I will toss in coins in the batch. Mostly, they are foreign and are so crudded up, it is impossible to read what they are, but I have also had all my 1943's redone, and random cents for the giggles to see them in other shades. A lot of times, they are console cents, the ones that are left at coinstar, caked solid with brown goo.
It also helps we track the quality of the plating, as the cents are pretty constant, so it a batch looks "odd" it helps me check on the overall quality of the job.
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...I don't know about "coin doctors" in this situation...more like "coin Dexter's..." some people like to destroy things just to watch it happen
Agreed coin dexters
I worked for years in Printed Circuit facilities... and often the plating operators would plate coins with gold... or other objects... it was, of course, forbidden, but they did it anyway. Just as an added note, you would not believe the clever ways they came up with to steal gold. Cheers, RickO
There was a company that used to make charm bracelets for mothers to wear with coins of their kids' birth years. They plated everything to keep them nice for a few years of wear. This might be such a coin.
Years ago there was some person who was painting quarters red, at least in New England. Maybe this piece was dipped in mercury.
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I have a lot of automotive parts plated, in various colors (golden, silvery, black, etc.)
I have about 3 - 4 55 gallon drums of parts plated.
I will toss in coins in the batch. Mostly, they are foreign and are so crudded up, it is impossible to read what they are, but I have also had all my 1943's redone, and random cents for the giggles to see them in other shades. A lot of times, they are console cents, the ones that are left at coinstar, caked solid with brown goo.
It also helps we track the quality of the plating, as the cents are pretty constant, so it a batch looks "odd" it helps me check on the overall quality of the job.
Red quarters are 'House' quarters. Used in coin-op machines on premises.