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New Member
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I'm hoping someone can help me out with this 1974 Lincoln Cent. it is about half the thickness of a normal coin and is lighter in color. It weighs 1.81 grams and from what I can tell it is to heavy to be aluminum. It has dimples all over it on both sides like an orange peel with no scratch marks on it. I makes a high pitch sound when dropped but that probably because it is thinner. I don't know if it is just a thin planchet or if someone put in acid or something a long time ago. Please help with identifying it. I cant find anything online about it. I'm having trouble loading the last picture of the reverse side. Will be putting it up once I get it to let me. Thank you.    |
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Pillar of the Community
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That would the result of soaking in some type of acid that ate away alot of the copper.
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New Member
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Here's that picture that was giving me trouble.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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How can well tell? The acid eats off evenly from the cent. So the face, reverse and the edge is affect. The edge is the clue that it is acid. It eats it away. Note how even the rim is missing. That is how you can tell it was acid.
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New Member
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If it eats it evenly then why is one side thicker than the other? it goes from half the thickness to like a quarter of the thickness.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Maybe it was like that after it was struck? But when they are put into a large test tube, some coins are altered unevenly in the upward flowing of the acid treatment.  Note the 1961 cent on the upper part of the coin. (I didn't create that coin, but I'm assuming this could alter the flow lines by the acid bubbling around going upwards) Edited by coop
11/05/2019 9:04 pm
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New Member
United States
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Yea it look just like those coins. The color, the dumpling everything. Thank you for your help. It's greatly appreciated
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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First,  This coin shows typical acid erosion and some friendly advice, in case you would have something of value, it is best to never hold coins in your fingers the way you have pictured. Acid from your skin imprints your fingerprints on the surface of your coins. A better strategy is to use inexpensive cotton gloves when handling possible collector coins.  again, |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Or hold them only by the rims. It won't ruin this coin as it is already ruined. But something to consider when you handle BU coins:   |
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New Member
United States
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Thanks for advice. I'm just starting to get into coin searching and collecting.
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