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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Try the long acetone soak--at least that will eliminate some possibilities. The coin didn't leave the striking chamber in that condition.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Whatever it is, it's definitely not an error. PMD. Errers and Varietys.
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Moderator
 United States
97685 Posts |
solder is a good guess here.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
What did you try to clean it with? Did you try paint stripper?  to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
08/01/2023 4:25 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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seem to be some glue.. Do you try to soak in alcohol? or acetone pure buy not too long?
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Moderator
Australia
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I don't think solder would come off that cleanly. My guess would be silver paint. Which might or might not come off in acetone.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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New Member
 United States
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UPDATE**** # minute soak in acetone and the silver mrkings did not come off. Could it be the clad plating is failing?
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Moderator
United States
97685 Posts |
No it cannot be, Reason is that a 1946 cent is all copper - not clad like dimes or quarters, or plated like 1982 and later cent coins.
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Moderator
United States
97685 Posts |
How long did you soak it for? a minute?
Let it soak over night - pure acetone will not harm a coin. just don't rub it dry, air dry is the way to go there.
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Moderator
United States
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at this point your coin could be considered damaged, so, looking at the obverse, it appears like a part of this silver stuff is pealing up just above and to the right of the 9 in the date.
Can you try to carefully peal up that loose part and see how the copper looks underneath?
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New Member
United States
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I let it soak for 3 minutes. I try a longer soak. When you run your finger over it there is no edge felt at all in between the copper and silver markings.
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Moderator
United States
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ok thanks for checking on the edge of that. but, yes, a much longer soak may be appropriate here - long enough to possibly soften it up (if possible)
When I soak I usually leave it alone for 8 hours or longer in a class jar covered with foil to prevent evaporation.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2189 Posts |
Soaking it will not change the fact that its just a damaged coin. Considered a cull at this point
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1048 Posts |
It's a damaged common date penny of negligible value, so there's no harm in experimenting. Three minutes in acetone is meaningless -- a couple of days is more likely to get you results
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Could be also some Mercury amalgam on the coin. In that time peoples play a lot with liquid mercury.
The coin has surface foreign material, I can see the borders and some are raised and some parts was peel off.
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