Question about an unusual GW dollar
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I recently opened a roll of Washington dollars....While looking through them, I found 3 of them with identical Cuds on the reverse in the S's and a big one above the R. While I know that some people have been finding similar ones, I find that most of the coins from this roll have a bright red ring going all completely around the edges. Some to a greater or lesser degree. I thought it might be the copper coming through....But, It just seems to be so bright red to be copper.....Anyone heard of this? I don't have a great camera, so it's hard to take pics... Maybe I can soon.
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i put a sac in an album (same metal as the presbucks). put a piece of cardboard in between the pages so they wouldn't clank against other coins. i know, i know, cardboard? hey twas a sac.
the cardboard ate thru the top layer of the sac, exposing the copper core, within about 2 months. plastic would have been a better choice than this metal combo. same will happen to presbucks, couple years in circ, they look like.............. a.k.a. KRAP.
<< <i>seen the red stuff too, its the copper.
i put a sac in an album (same metal as the presbucks). put a piece of cardboard in between the pages so they wouldn't clank against other coins. i know, i know, cardboard? hey twas a sac.
the cardboard ate thru the top layer of the sac, exposing the copper core, within about 2 months. plastic would have been a better choice than this metal combo. same will happen to presbucks, couple years in circ, they look like.............. a.k.a. KRAP. >>
Yeah? ....But untouched by my hands out of a new roll??? hmmm
Thanks for the info.
Adam
<< <i>Yeah? ....But untouched by my hands out of a new roll??? hmmm
Thanks for the info.
Adam >>
ya know, now that you mention it, are the OBW wrappers eating into the rims?? or just plain USMint QC issue.
They are KRAP
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<< <i>the cardboard ate thru the top layer of the sac, exposing the copper core, within about 2 months. >>
Cardboard can not "eat through" the manganese bronze outer cladding layer. (Unless of course you soaked it in drain cleaner first.) It can cause the high points to tone quickly though. Especially on the Sac dollars which seem to tarnish very quickly.
<< <i>Remember how the proof gold buffalos had some red gunk on them... Could this be the same thing? >>
Hadn't heard of it before, but I would assume it to be so... since the red stuff doesn't come off - it was "minted" into the coin during some process.
<< <i>I know what the OP's refering to, and it's not copper.... it actually looks like traces of red ink or red dye.... I had a half dozen or so that had these traces, but no idea where or what it's from?? If I get a chance, I'll post a pic of one I still have sitting around. >>
That's exaclty what it looks like....red ink. It looks as if someone took a red marker and traced it on the outer edges. Looks like it's bleeding.
<< <i>Does the cud look like this?:
That's a die chip, not a cud.
<< <i>Does the cud look like this?:
Yes....My three coins look just like that one. The S's are also filled in in STATES.... Whatever the flaw is....LOL
I guess the red on all the coins is like what happened on the Buffalo's.
Adam