does this qualify for usa piece of 8?
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i guess it would be something like 1 bit ?
or it is big enough for 2-3 bits?
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Do you have the right link? I'm getting a Lincoln cent lamination fragment.
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<< <i>.
i guess it would be something like 1 bit ?
or it is big enough for 2-3 bits?
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Do you have the right link? I'm getting a Lincoln cent lamination fragment. >>
that is kinda what the old pieces looked in relative to shape, kind of
and since pieces of 8 and such were actual pieces of a whole, this piece of a lincoln .....
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<< <i>For $31, I may have to consider making a few of those. All you need is the right acid to dissolve away the zinc. Did it all the time in college. >>
You can dissolve the zinc without the acid ever touching and etching the copper layer?
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<< <i>Pieces of 8 were normally cut like a pie in a wedge shape. The lamination fragment in your link bears no resemblance to a piece of 8. Nice try though.
that is because i proposed it as a bit, not a (pie)ce
similar denominationally as a smaller part of a whole, not geometrically
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i guess i should go ahead and add, you used normally cut like.
these are the ones i am more familiar with
<< <i>.
i guess i should go ahead and add, you used normally cut like.
these are the ones i am more familiar with
Those are known as cobs and those are fully complete coins. The planchets were cut from the end of a bar and then struck resulting in a crude and irregularly shaped coins.
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so would the humorous implication about the piece of lincoln be better served by this thread title:
"does this qualify as a usa cob?"
hopefully still being similar with a side of irony and humor i hope
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<< <i>For $31, I may have to consider making a few of those. All you need is the right acid to dissolve away the zinc. Did it all the time in college. >>
You can dissolve the zinc without the acid ever touching and etching the copper layer? >>
Yes. Hydrochloric acid will dissolve the Zinc but not the copper (it touches, just doesn't react). Just etch the edge of the coin in a few places (for a hollow copper shell) or slice around the whole circumference (for 2 pieces. Place the coin in the acid and wait. Gently swirl occasionally.
HYDROCHLORIC ACID IS HAZARDOUS. DO NOT PERFORM WITHOUT PROPER PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT AND VENTILATION. PERFORM AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Hydrochloric acid is also known as Muriatic Acid, and can usually be acquired at either home depot/lowes type stores or possible pool supply places.
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