![]() Sitting in a warm and humid environment for long periods of timeĪll of these things can cause a coin to turn a variety of colors - from deep grey or black to mottled or speckled.Contact with caustic chemicals or fumes, such as sulfur or gas.Storage in a paper envelope, PVC plastic, or open-air case.Exposure to intense heat or very cold temperatures.Experimentation with acid, or just normal corrosion.Here are some of the things that can cause a coin to tone dark or look abnormally colored: In a big, vast world of chemicals, fumes, water, dirt, fire, ice, and everything else, a coin has a million and one ways that it can become discolored. Show me 100 different dark or discolored coins, and I’ll likely have 100 different answers for you. Let’s explore dark and discolored coins in greater depth, and see if any of these dark toned coins are worth something. So, what is going on with these unusual-looking coins? Others simply want to know what’s going on with it and want to find out more.Many who have these types of coins think they’ve found something rare.In the many years I’ve written for TheFunTimesGuide, countless fellow collectors and newbies have written in - sending photos of dark or otherwise discolored coins they’ve found in pocket change: And every single one of those dark or grossly discolored coins exhibited signs of environmental damage, often from interactions with caustic chemicals - or problems relating to ambient agents (such as sulfur, gas, or sea salt). I’ve found a great many coins just like this one. ![]() Yep… that’s what happens to a coin after it’s been exposed to cleaning chemicals. He said the nickel was laying on the ground in an area regularly cleaned with chlorine. And my dad, who works part of the time outdoors at a theme park, had a hunch, too. He wanted to know if this dark nickel is rare or worth more than face value because of its unusual color.Īs a longtime coin collector, I knew right away what happened to this nickel. See the dark nickel in this photo? One of my dad’s longtime friends and work colleagues gave it to me. ![]()
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