Is this caused by dipping?

The lister calls it "porous." Is it dipping that caused all those pock
marks? Or could it be corrossion caused by a PVC holder?

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Scot Kamins
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On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:41:46 -0800, Scot Kamins
wrote:

The lister calls it "porous." Is it dipping that caused all those pock
marks? Or could it be corrossion caused by a PVC holder?

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Scot Kamins
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Dipping doesn't cause porosity, but may make it more obvious by
removing the toning. A coin like this was probably buried for a
while.
Barry
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In article ,
Barry wrote:

Dipping doesn't cause porosity, but may make it more obvious by
removing the toning. A coin like this was probably buried for a
while.

So just being in the ground causes it to become porous?

Scot Kamins
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"Scot Kamins" wrote in message
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In article ,
Barry wrote:

Dipping doesn't cause porosity, but may make it more obvious by
removing the toning. A coin like this was probably buried for a
while.

So just being in the ground causes it to become porous?


Oh, you bet!
Contact with the "salts of the earth" promote gentle (or not-so-gentle) corrosion.
Hit the right combo of moisture, acidity and time, and porosity results.

....and dipping sure won't fix that!

Jeff

Could it be a really bad casting??

Jay in Garrison, TX

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"Porous" is a nice way of saying "pitted by corrosion just like "toned"
sounds better that "tarnished". Billy


Scot Kamins wrote:

In article ,
Barry wrote:

Dipping doesn't cause porosity, but may make it more obvious by
removing the toning. A coin like this was probably buried for a
while.

So just being in the ground causes it to become porous?

Scot Kamins
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***Collecting Euro's (for no apparent reason)***

"note.boy" wrote:

"Porous" is a nice way of saying "pitted by corrosion just like "toned"
sounds better that "tarnished". Billy

Scot Kamins wrote:

In article ,
Barry wrote:

Dipping doesn't cause porosity, but may make it more obvious by
removing the toning. A coin like this was probably buried for a
while.

So just being in the ground causes it to become porous?

Scot Kamins
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***Collecting Euro's (for no apparent reason)***

And tarnished sounds better than oxidized.

JAM

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:16:32 -0600, "whohah"
wrote:

Could it be a really bad casting??

Jay in Garrison, TX

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It doesn't look real tp me, either.
Aram.