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Clad Ike error?

How common is this kind of error with clad coins?
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Are you saying the discoloration on the reverse is exposed copper? Cheers, RickO
  • TevaTeva Posts: 830
    Yea it is exposed copper and it does not look as if any of the surface is missing.
    Give the laziest man the toughest job and he will find the easiest way to get it done.
  • It looks like paint on the coin not exposed metal but you have it in hand and would be a better judge than I image


    I am not a subject matter expert in Ikes or errors so rather than speculate on post mint damage etc...I will just sit and wait for someone with a clue to pop in image
  • ConstantineConstantine Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭
    It looks like paint to me too!
  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,785 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would be very surprised if the area in question is exposed copper.
    Most likely just somekind of discoloration or toning or rust.

    GrandAm :)
  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,932 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It didn't leave the Mint like that.

    It was 'colored' after it was in circulation.

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
  • TevaTeva Posts: 830
    You guys are the experts and I know very little about clad coinage.
    If you think its something that happened to the coin after it left the mint I can except that but its not paint or rust it could be toning.
    Its no big deal it cought my eye and it never hurts to ask..
    Give the laziest man the toughest job and he will find the easiest way to get it done.
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>You guys are the experts and I know very little about clad coinage.
    If you think its something that happened to the coin after it left the mint I can except that but its not paint or rust it could be toning.
    Its no big deal it cought my eye and it never hurts to ask.. >>

    It would catch my eye as well along with a couple of extra heartbeats.

    But, Fred has obviously seen this before and I gotta go with his expertise.

    I cannot help but wonder what it might be though. image
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think it will come off with acetone...... Cheers, RickO
  • TevaTeva Posts: 830


    << <i>I think it will come off with acetone...... Cheers, RickO >>


    That was the first thing I tried RickO.
    Then I tried denatured alcohol .Zip nodda no effect.
    Give the laziest man the toughest job and he will find the easiest way to get it done.
  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭
    I have never seen a coin like that. I tend to also lean toward something that happened after striking. If it were exposed copper, I would expect more of a distinct transition from copper-nickel to copper, vice the graduated transition on this coin.

    You are right, it does not hurt to ask!
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Teva,
    Now that surprises me.... interesting. I cannot tell anything else from the photograph.... do you have access to a scanning electron microscope? (Work, college, laboratory etc) If so, they can do a scan and tell you precisely what it is. I would do it, my curiosity would demand it. image Cheers, RickO

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