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First glance sez Greaser to me.. Coin weight will help I.D... Swamp |
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Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 |
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I was hoping for another result, but the coin in question weighs in at 2.9 grams. I don't know how accurate my scale is, so I weighed two other wheat cents, both of which came in at 3.1 grams. That suggests missing material and acid damage.
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Rest in Peace
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Acid takes the rims, this is just wear apparently. Looks buffed and waxed at some point.  Edited by Crazyb0
06/11/2018 5:00 pm
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Rest in Peace
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I agree. International buffing.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks buffed and waxed at some point.  Errers and Varietys.
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I agree. International buffing.  Buffed by another Country ? |
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Now we know what the "b" in ihob stands for...
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I think he means internal. Stupid predictive text. And his name is T - BOP not ihob |
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.or he meant intentional maybe.
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Bedrock of the Community
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It may had drops of acid on each side reducing just the faces and not the edge like being submerged in acid.
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T-BOP, I think Earle42 meant intentional buffing. It was a typo.
Errers and Varietys.
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I"m not questioning that it was done, but it is amazing to me that some individual would take the time for some unknown reason to do something like that. Do you think these kinds of PMD are intentional or accidental? I can think of some possible motives for heavy buffing. One would be to enhance the appearance of the coin but perhaps mistakenly overdoing it. The other would be to create what looks like an error coin. Another might be simple playfulness or experimentation. I'd be interested to see what you think. PS: I have one other coin that was evidently scratched that I am going to try to replicate on a worthless coin. At this point I think it is going to be very difficult for me to create the same kind of scratch. Maybe not. |
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Quote:...it is amazing to me that some individual would take the time for some unknown reason to do something like that... ...Do you think these kinds of PMD are intentional or accidental?... ...I'd be interested to see what you think... Ok -- let's go with intentional, and, I'll give you a good example about 'taking the time:' What if 'taking the time' not only didn't take away from "your" time, you also get paid while doing it..? As one of my gigs while going through "that part" of my life, I worked as a lab tec in both the photofinishing and motion picture processing industry/ies (remember film..?) On the mo-pic side I was also the backup chem analyst at one place.. This meant that about six weeks out of every year I covered the real dood's vacation & personal time, which made me the guy no one bothered when the chemistry analyzation lab room door was closed.. It was a really decent lab too, especially when considering how narrow our field focus was.. We had access to several full strength acids (as well as bases) that we cut to various strengths for use as reagents.. Since many of the tests produced noxious fumes we had a really nice laboratory closed hooded vent system with lowerable fume hood sashes.. When the lab door was closed the entire room would be under slight negative pressure, which kept odors & fumes from permeating the rest of the building.. But I digress.. Point being, had I wanted I could have tried all sorts of stuff with lots of things, including coinage, while getting paid.. But I didn't.. Why not..? Because it all would have been of a destructive nature.. I pretty much got over that in Jr. High.. Ermmm, I mean upon graduating college and moving out of Animal House.. Busted.. Sosume.. Defacing a penny isn't quite the same thing as acid etching a monogram into cut crystal.. Still, I can understand how some folks end up enamored by that process.. Just don't lean too far into the rising wisps while gawking out is all.. Swamp |
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Posted 06/11/2018 10:26 am
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