Why does this coin have a smooth surface at the rim and the rest is beat up?

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• AMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 7, 2019 1:51PM

  That's the copper laminate debonding.

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• Hemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 7, 2019 1:53PM

  Something “protected” the perimeter. Possible jewelry piece?

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• cmerlo1 Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 7, 2019 1:54PM

  It was in a bezel.

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• FredWeinberg Posts: 5,926 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 7, 2019 1:55PM

  ...'cause it's a counterfeit

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• Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 7, 2019 1:55PM

  Too easy...I removed this from a very wide (ugly bezel) that covered most of the USA.

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• asheland Posts: 23,765 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 8, 2019 12:56PM

  My thought also... Jewelry piece...

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• blitzdude Posts: 6,592 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 8, 2019 1:23PM

  Appears ex-jewelry

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