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6gunsal
03-05-2011, 10:42 AM
I haven't seen a coin with a color like this before, is it just the patina?

Hopefully these turn out. I'm taking the pics and uploading them with my phone :d
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h50/gdetrick/photo-3.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h50/gdetrick/photo-2.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h50/gdetrick/photo-1.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h50/gdetrick/photo.jpg
cciota
03-05-2011, 11:07 AM
It almost looks like someone tried to annodize it?
Schuetzenman
03-05-2011, 11:48 AM
No silver in that dollar. Nickle over coper laminate. I've seen a couple of quarters over the years that had a straw colored tarnish on them. Couldn't tell you what did it to them though.
Zoff12
03-05-2011, 11:49 AM
Looks like someone took a torch to it or used some sort of acid... maybe nitric.
awp101
03-05-2011, 12:15 PM
Washed in a washing machine a few times or left/lost in water I bet. I pull coins that look similar to that out of washing machine drain pumps from time to time.

I've pulled stuff out so discolored that you couldn't tell if it was a penny or dime at just a glance.
sevlex
03-05-2011, 01:48 PM
There were some cheesy commemoratives sold with "24k gold" plating in 1985 - 25th anniversary of his election.
Helen Keller
03-05-2011, 02:30 PM
OR someone used the vinegar/ baking soda trick to clean it up and left it sit in it too long.


I did this to about 20 silver/half dollars a few years back, They're all the same color as yours.
63DH8
03-05-2011, 02:34 PM
I have several 99.999% silver coins that are discolored like that.
BISHOP
03-05-2011, 09:42 PM
THAT MY FRIEND IS A COLLECTOR COIN.

Or atleast someone thought it was. The "patina" you see is fron 70's era celophone tape.
The back side is just tarnish.


BISHOP
6gunsal
03-06-2011, 12:36 AM
Thanks for the replys! Must be a lot of coin collectors here.

Now, I'll start the bidding at $25.00 :D
swampdragon
03-06-2011, 05:43 AM
Is that one of the coins studmuffin farted on while he was at the bank?
mriddick
03-06-2011, 08:46 AM
I'd vote water stain as well.
sevlex
03-06-2011, 12:10 PM
Thanks for the replys! Must be a lot of coin collectors here.

Now, I'll start the bidding at $25.00 :D
Is that in Zimbabwean Dollars?
6gunsal
03-06-2011, 09:23 PM
Is that in Zimbabwean Dollars?

No, pineapples ;)