can you find the silver?

[Infowarrior]

Got my 4th(total) box of halves today and here is my results

 

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[Infowarrior]

Well its a trick question, none of it is silver, that pic is the NIFC halves i picked out... has anyone ever seen clad with silver rims?

 

[baddbluff]

Weird... unless someone painted them. Maybe they were accidentally struck in platinum?

 

[CoinFetcher]

Weird

 

[CoinFetcher]

Lol, same exact response bluff

 

[silvershooter]

Lets see the faces

 

[Infowarrior]

Working on a face shot, they are 1999 - 2008

I just got home, gimme a few minutes to get a picture...

So yeah 4 skunked boxes in a row... ugh

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[Diggin-N-Dumps]

I have had one that the rim was silver, and it was odd because the whole coin had a blue tone to it....strange

 

[Infowarrior]

Trying

 

[Infowarrior]

Backs


Breakdown of coins as follows:

(2) 1999 D
(3) 2002 P
(1) 2007 D
(4) 2008 D

The bottom right coin has some stains or something on it...

 

[da1984]

Looks to me like someone chrome plated them, but hard to tell without an in personam look.

 

[Infowarrior]

Side shot

 

[Bigheed]

they could be
1. electroplated
2. the copper in the reeding can oxidize and get silver/greenish hue to it
3. silver pain marker on the reeding
4. timzim got a new color spray

 

[Infowarrior]

I really doubt this is paint at all, The rims are all in good condition, i think you would see some air pockets or something if it was painted...

I just lined them all in a stack, and the 2002 P are a tiny bit thicker than all of the rest of the coins, i picked them both out of the stack and both same date... dont know if that helps any

Any idea if they are worth more than face?

 

[Weaselbrott]

Take the edge of the worst looking one and rub it agains concrete to see if a red edge hides beneath the chrome undercoat. I have gotten a few like these and I have named them "coin teases." Also, the ping test, and weight test are always good for starters. No, there is no chance those are platinum, but thanks for all the detailed pics.

 

[OmegaMan]

Are you in Ca? If so, I got tired of cleaning coins from a new hunter so I painted several thousand with silver rims. Got upset and figured I can piss him off by slowing his searching time down.

 

[Infowarrior]

I flipped all of them, as i love the sound of flipping silver, all sounded exactly like clad

And no im on the east coast within fema region 3

 

[gracie8888]

I've had those type before. Someone was practicing electroplating with coins. That's all it is.

 

[jrf30]

I agree with the electroplating answer. A good job, but electgroplated. reason? WHo knows. Maybe to sell in a collection of some sort, maybe for some event, aor maybe just practice. But electroplate. they sure would get your heart going though when you first see them! :-)

 

[AdDicted2Ag]

I have seen a few... I also just figured they were electroplated..