What is with this 74 half?

[buggerDTP]

So, I picked up $460 of pre-labeled/sorted halfs, that was depressing. I thought I would go through them anyway, looking for errors and what not. Found a 1980-s, that was alright.

I then opened a whole roll of 1974 halfs, and looked at the rims and immediately saw silver. I plucked it but was shocked it was a 74'. It is really shiny on the back. It also seems to have raised metal around one part of the rim.

So my question is, what is going on with this coin? Pics below.

 

[buggerDTP]

Here it is with clad and some silver 40's.

 

[mountainman 2]

My 1st thought was a silver plated magician's coin. Does the back and front line up?

 

[SeaninNH]

My first thought is that someone colored it with a silver marker.

It does look like a die break running through the "United States"

The lump of crap on the bottom looks like tar or something like that.

 

[buggerDTP]

The back and front line up perfectly, that crap on the bottom doesn't want to come off, it looks like metal to me though.

 

[madwest]

It is just plated. The globby area is where the electrical connection to the coin was made. That's why that area shows both an exaggerated accumulation of the plating material as well as an area that is void of the plating material.

What someone did was connect an alligator clip to the edge of the coin and dip it into the electrolyte.

Could be chrome, tin, nickel, or other "white" metal plated onto the clad half.

 

[ArkieBassMan]

It is just plated. The globby area is where the electrical connection to the coin was made. That's why that area shows both an exaggerated accumulation of the plating material as well as an area that is void of the plating material.

What someone did was connect an alligator clip to the edge of the coin and dip it into the electrolyte.

Could be chrome, tin, nickel, or other "white" metal plated onto the clad half.

+1

 

[buggerDTP]

Oh ok thanks, so nothing special... Guess it will go back into the wild.

 

[madwest]

Oh ok thanks, so nothing special... Guess it will go back into the wild.

Agreed, nothing special, but oddball nonetheless. I personally keep one of each "weird" thing I come across whether is has added value or not - just for the novelty of it. You can change your mind at any time and throw it back after initially deciding to keep it, but you won't likely get a chance to change your mind if you throw it back now.

You might have fun showing off the unusual finds someday.

 

[buggerDTP]

That is true, I will keep it to add to the "collection". Thanks for the help guys!