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AstroRaider
10-09-2018, 02:06 PM
I think this just might be a plating issue. It is rather deceiving, especially with a loupe.
What do you think?
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makecents
10-09-2018, 03:35 PM
I have the toughest time with zincoln RPM's but I would have to say plating and whatever it is that causes what looks like a shadow. I wonder if someone will give us some insite on that too, the shadow thing.
jfines69
10-11-2018, 02:07 PM
Cool looking... Looks like plating to me also... If it were a RPM the punch would have been completely deformed... The area in the MM would be the vertical bar but the lower horizontal bar would have been complete out of alignment... It would have started nearly at the tip of the lower serif making the MM squished considerably... The shadow area is the zinc... It is open to the air and has accumulated some contamination, such as skin oils, and has darkened... Much like a woodie does!!!
GrumpyEd
10-11-2018, 05:32 PM
The shadow area is the zinc...
Maybe almost everything we see there started out as a tiny tear in the plating.
jfines69
10-13-2018, 03:53 AM
Maybe almost everything we see there started out as a tiny tear in the plating.
Yes it did... Very tiny.. I am surprised the MM is still in place after all these years!!!