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The weight of this 1952-D penny is 2 grams and the thickness compared to another 1952-D penny is different.i will be posting pictures in a few minutes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi Kevin - the pictures are too blurry and even if they were in focus, it might be hard to see details of the coin through the flip. Acid has been used to thin out a cent, but it's hard to tell if this was done to your coin. Normally, acid dipped coins will have a grainy, textured surface. Can you take pictures of the coin removed from the flip?
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United States
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Yes I can I will get them posted soon,the reason they are blurry I zoomed in to much I will back it away a bit.
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How can coin collecting be fun if everyone is constantly thinking something has been faked,with acid it looks like that would leave pits in a coin,the coins I have I find by roll searching why would someone alter a coin then throw it back out into circulation,i have some pretty good die clashes I thought of showing but if every time I show a coin some one is going to yell faked then I shouldn't bother,by showing this coin I was hoping to get an idea if it was a split planchet or a planchet that wasn't up to specs but to here acid to shrink it well I can not help but wonder who could sit around all day doing different things to find away to alter coins or is it grading services throwing paranoia out there to try and make every one send them coins guess I will never know for sure.
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Valued Member
United States
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The detail on the coin like the date and the motto are smaller than a regular coin the further I zoom out the less that can be seen,i was trying to show the date and mint mark are not a thick strike.
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Valued Member
United States
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On wheat cents you can see a thick edge,on this coin there is no edge.i have a couple other wheat cents similar to this one,i have one thinner than a dime and a hair rounder,i also have one that the date and letters are kind of broken,and I have one you can't hardly make the date out because of the strike being so weak both them coins weigh 1.9 grams and 2.1 grams.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Can you take a pic of it alongside another cent?
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Pillar of the Community
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Also coins are altered all the time and thrown back into circulation-nobody here is trying to mislead you I can guarantee you that-you also have to realize the experts that have been here a long time and in the hobby a long time have absolutely nothing to gain by misleading you actually its quite the contrary
Edited by Slamnbass
02/02/2016 12:07 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Chemical erosion, the tell-tale signs are the thinned devices and lack of a rim. It is not the work of some forger, you can get the same effect by letting it soak in something as simple as a cola(phosphoric acid).
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Not saying yours is, but a couple of thing to consider with acid damaged coins.
1. Pending the application the acid will generally eat away at an even rate across the surface of the coin. If the application is pin point, then that spot / area is damaged. If the coin is totally submerged then the whole coin area / surface is affected at the same rate. Thus reducing everything on the surface at the same rate.
2. Some acids are more aggressive than others.
3. Some acids damage different alloys at different rates.
4. Testing acids on coin and or different alloys has been a long time practice in schools as science projects. Not to mention many garage experiments happen on a daily basis as well. As for the reasons why is not for me to say. I just learned accept it for what it is. Thanks, Doug.
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Yea I can take a picture of it beside another coin,the one thing no one is making any since about is a gram is missing coke is going to take a gram away really?not to mention the thickness of the strike but I will load another pic
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I have found pennies that have had coke put on them it will discolor a penny not to mention chemicals take the finish off a coin you can tell by touch.i bought a roll of wheat pennies a couple days ago I had never dealt with the person before so I got one roll he had about 40 rolls,after going through the roll I found 12 pennies that had paint thinner on them well he will never get anymore business from me,but there isn't much I haven't came across when dealing with coins,like this acetone no one tells you they have used it they list the coin as bu then when you get it,it has bu luster but you can see that it has been in circulation,that acetone is the only thing I have seen that doesn't strip the finish off a coin.so I try not to buy off the net.
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I agree that it is just acid damage. Can we see an edge view of the coins side by side?
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Posted 02/01/2016 10:43 pm
