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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like the zinc coating has been scratched and the steel underneath is rusting.  to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
06/05/2019 3:16 pm
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Moderator
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Justin321, Please rotate photos properly before posting,thanks. John1  |
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New Member
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Oh ok yeah the backside is in great shape.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like scratches from PSD. Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Or someone wrote on it with colored ink.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm leaning more towards a stain..try soaking it in acetone for a few minutes..also to CCF |
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Bedrock of the Community
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If you soak it in acetone, take before and after images. Not sure how this will react with a steel coin? You might test on a poorer example first to see what can happen first.
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Rest in Peace
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My theory is someone wrote on this coin to show where multiple die cracks were . problem is it would be hard to have die cracks on a steel cent as the steel is much harder than copper . Or just a child fooling around with a pen .  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Maybe die cracks where the plating has worn off. Dan  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like coffee splashed on it, to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Now that it is enlarged, it might be a thread on the coin? If there is an indent below an area, then it would be a struck through. If there isn't it is just a thread. I found something like that before:   I found it in a OBW roll back then. I wondered why is this so ugly. After looking closer, I could die it was a struck through thread coin. I left the thread in place and put it in a 2X2. |
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That's pretty cool with the thread still stuck to it. Thanks for sharing.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm with fioti. It looks like a stain to me. Note that it is also on the lower edge of the coin.
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The color of the coin looks a little off.
Edited by DrDon
06/06/2019 7:42 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I think stained. Acetone probably won't help. Quote:
problem is it would be hard to have die cracks on a steel cent as the steel is much harder than copper . Think about it, since steel is harder than copper, wouldn't you think striking the harder metal would make the dies MORE likely to crack? |
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Pillar of the Community
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Cracks in the Zinc plating with the underlying steel now beginning to rust.
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