Question for Jewelerdave ~ or others

CaptainRobin · Dec 2, 2007

Hey all,

I've pulled several '74 halves, I think chromed, with bezel marks at 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock. All have been released back into the wild.

Anyone else find any of these?

Robin

Silver_Fox · Dec 2, 2007

Robin, I haven't found any chrome ones but I have found gold plated with marks in those postions. I was told it is where they clip them to the wires to put the gold on through electrolysis. That might be what you are seeing on the chrome ones.

jewelerdave · Dec 2, 2007

I am pretty sure thats where the prongs on the cheap pendant they were put in were holding the coin in.
Little fold down tabs are commonly used on coin jewelry so it does not dammage the coin...it does, but it also makes for a weird spot for the plating to happen as the different metals react to the plating differently.
Most likely the coins were set into cheap pendants. Then plated as to not scratch the plate, then when someone got them and realized they were not worth more than 50 cents, well, they were spent somewhere along the line.