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Lacquered Coin in a Slab??!
Jalexfoster
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At first, I thought it was improper metal mixture, but under closer examination, I discovered…
The Thing That Should Not Be!
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Jalexfoster
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Jalexfoster
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Definitely appears to be lacquered!
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Contamination doesn’t equal lacquer
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
I was afraid PCGS wouldn’t slab this lacquered So-Called Dollar, but they did
Mr_Spud
I learned that contamination does not have "flow." The iridescent surface colors and raised residue could be either lacquer or some kind of contamination. I vote lacquer.
And a bubble in it, too. I've seen subtly lacquered coins in holders, but this one is not subtle.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
My old eyes missed that dead giveaway. Thanks for the lesson.
Is that "bubble" under the sun a hardness dimple of the die? I have been wrong before.
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NO! Now what is a "hardness dimple?" Old reference books talk about a "Rockville (?) test. I'd be surprised if it is done anymore.
Rockwell test.
The last Hardness test on a die that I have seen is on the reverse die on a 1921-D Morgan Dollar.
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1921-d-1-vam-3a-wing-dot/134057
http://www.vamworld.com/wiki/1921-D_VAM-3A
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Under the microscope, there is clearly a bubble under the sun on the obverse and a bubble inside the D of dollar on the reverse… everything else you see is flow lines kind of like honey dripping
Look just a little closer, it’s lacquer.
Under them layers of plastic is a preserved coin.
They mentioned the lacquer on this one.
It’s one of the prize options in my new giveaway, if anybody wants a lacquered half-real for free.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1104294/lordm-cu-giveaway-june-2024-pick-your-prize