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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
607 Posts |
it looks like a big joint..lol
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Pillar of the Community
United Arab Emirates
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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lol it just might be an air bubble since they went from copper to zinc in mid 82 still a keeper in my eyes
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Actually it's the 135th anniversary of the first cigar that Grant shared with Lincoln.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2624 Posts |
I'm with ghostrider,looks like a big stogie. It is a bubble,one of the biggest I've seen.I'd keep it,no value but interesting.
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Valued Member
United States
370 Posts |
Bubble? From when it was made or developed later?
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Valued Member
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I'll have to agree with Ghostrider. Looks like he's smoking a cigar. If anything, it could be a conversation piece.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
607 Posts |
I can honestly say ther is no cigar resemblance infact if you see the mouth piece it is noticeably thinner and thicker tawards the middle. In other words a cigar would not have that shape. :)
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Moderator
 United States
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It is trapped gas that develops later after minting. I have not seen any that large.
John1
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Valued Member
Canada
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I have seen some Lincoln cents (though they are usually copper ones) that are counterstamped to show him smoking a pipe. Maybe that's what this is, but they messed up when the struck it, or the counterstamp process didn't work well on Zincolns.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
900 Posts |
My first though was projectile vomiting.
My second though was Lincoln playing a clarinet.
Definitely a gas bubble.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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There are several corrosion pinholes around the rim which caused the plating to bubble and separate from the zinc core. That coin has one foot in the grave as zinc rot sets in  |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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i found this one in a paint pale full of pennies I have 3 more 20 litter pales full left from a relative that kept them in basement..i like this one
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Valued Member
United States
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Turkish pipe, bong, or gas bubble? I vote gas bubble. It's an oddity and worth holding onto!
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Valued Member
United States
366 Posts |
Gas bubble but it makes for an interesting discussion piece.
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Posted 12/27/2012 10:50 pm
