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  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 15,000 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wrapped in newspaper?

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,327 ✭✭✭✭✭

    maybe exposed some where on a workbench for to long?

  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,735 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like it saw a ghost.

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  • bsshog40bsshog40 Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like someone bleached it.

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,784 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:
    Wrapped in newspaper?

    Then dipped 15 times :D

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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,276 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,706 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Poor thing. Year and years of dipping.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,847 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My guess it was dipped and not properly rinsed. Or maybe not rinsed at all. The chemicals have chowed down on it.

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  • 87redcivic87redcivic Posts: 148 ✭✭✭

    Baked in an oven??

  • marcmoishmarcmoish Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    it was beautifully toned and then @ricko got to it one dark rainy nite. :D

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @marcmoish .... :D I would never do that to a coin... I would just not buy it if it were 'nasty'... I did a lot of experimenting around 18+ years ago, but that was on rounds and such. Now, if there is an issue, I just use acetone to remove organics. Cheers, RickO

  • AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Left a little too long in Silver dip.

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  • HigashiyamaHigashiyama Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow, it’s actually kind of attractive in its own way.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,847 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Higashiyama said:
    Wow, it’s actually kind of attractive in its own way.

    I guess if you are into horror movies. I'm happy that it's not an 1804 dollar or something.

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,875 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I do wonder if it would be possible to dip it off?
    (sarcasm)

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  • ernie11ernie11 Posts: 1,994 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The rare white metal variety.

  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,360 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like white paint.

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,875 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It came from this auction:
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/284303765661?_trkparms=aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=1&asc=20160908105057&meid=7563e882defe4d25bbafca2e1fb30449&pid=100675&rk=6&rkt=15&sd=393237176582&itm=284303765661&pmt=0&noa=1&pg=2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci:e9570a54-c56b-11eb-b405-b601c6eccad0|parentrq:d88544d71790a7b1ce36049bffe2b8c1|iid:1

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  • HigashiyamaHigashiyama Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe it was sandblasted and limed in an effort to make it look more like stone than metal, consistent with the theme.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,847 ✭✭✭✭✭

    $61.95 :o

    I remember I paid $45 for the first Stone Mountain half dollar I owned. It was a raw EF-45 with original surfaces.

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  • ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 13,113 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Dipped in milk?

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,875 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @dcarr said:
    I don't think dipping is what actually caused the problem. I think the coin was probably very heavily tarnished at one point, possibly to the extent of being completely black. That caused a permanent etching of the surface. Then the coin was completely dipped out, which lightened the tone considerably, but resulted in the matte-like surface.

    This is logical and makes the most sense to me.

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,922 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @dcarr said:
    I don't think dipping is what actually caused the problem. I think the coin was probably very heavily tarnished at one point, possibly to the extent of being completely black. That caused a permanent etching of the surface. Then the coin was completely dipped out, which lightened the tone considerably, but resulted in the matte-like surface.

    This.

    I've actually done this, experimentally with a few heavily oxidized quarters. When you try to strip the tarnish, you often get a white surface. It might be chemical modification of the tarnish itself or surface etching or a combo.

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  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 7,656 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Blinded by the light
    Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night

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  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 4, 2021 4:22PM

    Somebody cleaned it (dipped) with a thin solution of sodium bicarbonate and H2O........ Baking soda and water.

  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 4, 2021 7:05PM

    @dcarr said:
    I don't think dipping is what actually caused the problem. I think the coin was probably very heavily tarnished at one point, possibly to the extent of being completely black. That caused a permanent etching of the surface. Then the coin was completely dipped out, which lightened the tone considerably, but resulted in the matte-like surface.

    While the chemical processes were surely different, it somehow suggests the granular surfaces of the "shipwreck effect".

    If you put it in a fire and wore it down 30 points, you'd have a pretty nice circ cameo-effect classic commem. :#

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,480 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Catbert said:

    Blinded by the light
    Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night

    One of the few people who actually knows the lyrics. :D

    And you probably even know what they mean. :p

  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 4, 2021 8:05PM

    @JBK said:

    @Catbert said:

    Blinded by the light
    Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night

    One of the few people who actually knows the lyrics. :D

    And you probably even know what they mean. :p

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  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 4, 2021 10:29PM

    ?

  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 6,052 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Dipped in mercury

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I feel it was soaked for hours/days in dipping solution not a quick dip.

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  • privatecoinprivatecoin Posts: 3,653 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BillJones said:

    @Higashiyama said:
    Wow, it’s actually kind of attractive in its own way.

    I guess if you are into horror movies. I'm happy that it's not an 1804 dollar or something.

    Yes. Yes. It's as pretty as pennywise the clown in the movie IT.... :D

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  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 7,012 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would use it in a parking meter. :D
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