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Odd 1963 Lincoln Cent

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Odd 1963 Lincoln Cent I found this looking thru some 1943 cents basically same steel color has a weight of 3.17g and it's not magnetic thoughts anyone? I thought perhaps a science experiment but it seem to have strike thru as well
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Acid bath perhaps?
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That would be my guess.



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I was thinking the same thing actually. However when I view the coin edge it definitely goes from thick to thin as you rotate it there is one area that possibility has a bit of segments on it I am new to photographing coins. I hope the photos look ok just curious how they look to you folks thanks again for the help
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Acid or maybe a "brass plating science experiment"...I would spend it
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I too suspect school chem lab experiment in plating.
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I have one like this from my chemistry class in high school. Kept it as a memento, but it's not worth anything.
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Looks like someone bonded it with zinc in a (likely highschool) experiment involving zinc chloride. After the initial plating they sometimes utilize the Leidenrfrost effect to give it a sickly, pale gold sheen as you've drawn copper molecules into the zinc, making simple brass. It's one of the more common experiments using cents in a High School Chemistry class.

Very similar to the reason that an overheating can cause an annealed planchet error and for the same reasons.

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