Greece 2 Drachmes 1990 on white metal instead of copper, error? [solved]

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moneynumista

Joined: 26 Sep 2019
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Posted: 17 Apr 2021, 05:22 #
Edited: 17 Apr 2021, 05:23

Greetings to all,

I recently found that coins in a lot and I do not know if it is an error or something else. It should be made of copper but it looks like nickel. As far as I know this type is not copper plated. Is it an error?
Weigh 3.80 g
Diameter 21 mm
Medal alignment ↑↑
Not magnetic

The coin on numista: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces550.html

ZacUK Numista team

Joined: 3 Jan 2011
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Posted: 17 Apr 2021, 08:36 #

Correct. 'As far as I know this type is not copper plated'. It is silver-coloured plated.
A normal copper coin beneath with some silvery covering - may be chrome, nickel, or other ...

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

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Posted: 17 Apr 2021, 12:06 #
Edited: 17 Apr 2021, 13:17

Quote: "ZacUK" Correct.

This answer can be misleading. An error is when something goes wrong during the minting process. I'm pretty sure the plating happened afterwards, for fun or for a schoolproject etc. So it's not an error but PMD.

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 17 Apr 2021, 12:38 #