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1937 Wheat Penny Strange O Around Wheat Stalk

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 Posted 10/01/2023  8:39 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add butterfingER to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Found this penny when sorting wheat pennies by year a little confused by the what looks like an o around the lft wheat stalk.could anyone help with this thank you in advance.
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Just some coincidental staining that looks like an O. PMD and Pareidolia. Try soaking it in 100% pure Acetone. The crud should come off.
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This kinda looks like an environmental issue with a liquid which reacted with the copper to make it look like that, so post-mint damage.
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Yes, post-strike damage--stained and/or surficial corrosion. A long acetone soak might clear things up some.
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 Posted 10/02/2023  08:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
butterfingER,
What did you use to take the close up pic with?
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See the horizontal lines hiding the important details in your closeup? Camera pictures of a screen will do this every time. Plug your microscope into a computer, take a screenshot (MAC: shift+#8984;+3 - sorry don't remember Windows) to post.

As to the "O," because of the way coin dies are made, it is impossible for the mint to put non-standard design elements onto a coin. The one exception would be a dropped letter...and yours is not a dropped letter (look that up at error-ref.com)
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