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TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,563 ✭✭✭✭✭
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A thread for who knows what we find, when looking.

Post yours.

``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,371 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 9, 2019 2:16PM

    Cast counterfeit? Wire brush? Sustained exposer to running water and sand?

    But don't quote me on that... :D

  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,720 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Acetylene torch?

    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,923 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wire brush

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,806 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In a house fire?

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,246 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fugly and worth spot. Peace Roy

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  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like the torch idea. Looks like melting and moving of metal in a stream of gasses....

    Problem is, I'd expect some charring...which I guess could have been scrubbed off.

    Easily distracted Type Collector
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,563 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So, I bought a hoard ... this , and a few other strange looking anomalies are in the batch. The old woman had these separated from the rolls and rolls of Mercury dimes. I'll post a couple more stranger things, later.

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,563 ✭✭✭✭✭


    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 9, 2019 4:10PM

    That's an odd one, too.

    I'll go with "struck by lightning". :)

    Might be interesting to know if anyone attached to these worked in an industrial setting. Torches, high voltage sparks....Maybe some experimentation during times of boredom??

    Easily distracted Type Collector
  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TwoSides2aCoin said:

    This one looks like heat. Note round silver granules. First is excessive whizzing. It builds up "waves" as these.

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,563 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A couple of cents which were separate from their flock, too.


    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's the Merc Oak.

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  • privatecoinprivatecoin Posts: 3,626 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TwoSides2aCoin said:

    This mercury is... "Thunder Struck!" :D

    Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:
    In a house fire?

    That was my guess as well.

  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,644 ✭✭✭✭✭

    electrical?

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have no idea but I love the way they look.

    Thanks for posting them @TwoSides2aCoin

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  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TwoSides2aCoin said:
    A couple of cents which were separate from their flock, too.


    Nice laminations.

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  • LindachenLindachen Posts: 18 ✭

    It looks more like side profile of a lady .

    Knowing more information about challenge coins. :)

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,806 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TwoSides2aCoin said:

    Earthquake damaged?

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those Mercs are definitely unique specimens.... I would keep them just because of the odd appearances....Thanks for showing us... Cheers, RickO

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,563 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So, what'd ya think of this ?

    Should I start a new thread titled :

    What's this ?


    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,563 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wasn't trying to change course with the announcement I got in my email , yesterday, as posted above.
    Yet, as a seller on eBay... this looks like an added benefit to buyers who are not sure if what they're buying is "questionable" or "gradeable".

    Good news ?

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,099 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 11, 2019 11:57AM

    First reaction - it sucks.
    Few minutes later - why not. Can't hurt my sales.

    Start a new thread at your peril Sir.
    😉

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  • GoldminersGoldminers Posts: 4,332 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The NGC attempt at making money should definitely be a new thread.

    I want to see more completely crazy coins that looked like they were at the Nevada test site. Have any of these been checked for radioactivity?

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  • Aspie_RoccoAspie_Rocco Posts: 3,618 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 11, 2019 11:11AM

    Sorry to help the hijacking but...

    @TwoSides2aCoin said:
    So, what'd ya think of this ?

    Should I start a new thread titled :

    What's this ?


    Wow! I suggested this concept to PCGS months ago. I am glad someone is doing a photo review. Clever of them to implement this, as it will create a lot more brand recognition for the folks ATS.

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