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John1 I will not do screen shots of my scope anymore I appalogize. I did read the group rules and will proceed correctly from now on. Thank you guys all for your reply's . Excellent people I appreciate every reply to my post thank you all for your time
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Pillar of the Community
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If you live in horse-country, and you find hoof-prints on your lawn but don't see the actual animal, do you assume you were visited by a horse, or by a unicorn? The horse is far, far more probable - there are millions of horses out there, but very very few unicorns. Occam's Razor suggests it is best to assume it was a horse, not a unicorn. The total number of copper pennies struck between 1940 and 1949 is 9,473,152,572. So the probability that a copper penny with a "194(X)" date is actually dated 1943 is 9,473,152,572 to 27 - or about 350 million to one. You'd have a much better chance of winning the lottery - or finding an actual unicorn on your lawn. Quote:
would Nic-a-date work on copper? No. They call it "nic-a-date" not "coin-a-date" because it only works on nickels. Quote:
if I sent this to pcgs do you guys know if they would determine the original date that was struck ? If you can't tell, and we can't tell, then PCGS couldn't tell either. There isn't a magic tricorder PCGS can wave over it to determine it's actual age. In the state this coin is in, it would be returned as ungraded (damaged). Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Sorry, this it is not an 1943 cooper penny.
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I looked at your coin for over an hour enlarging it and enhancing as much as possible. All I could come up with was possible 1941. Just an honest opinion. I'm hoping for you.
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One thing I do to help see details on corroded metal detected coins is to take a new, smooth, shiny piece of aluminum foil, place it on the coin and carefully make a rubbing. Details sometimes show up better on the rubbing, don't know why, but it works. It may or may not help on this coin but wouldn't hurt to try.
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Thank you all for your time and reply's I'll post an update when I find out what it is. Also if the aluminum foil works I will post too . Thank you very much for your time spent and your advice . I appreciate everybody . Thank you
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I would not recommend the aluminum rubbing idea just in case someday the coin is a valuable one. Try taking a black & white photo instead. John1  |
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@lcutler:... I took your suggestion and tried rubbing my corns with aluminum foil & now they hurt worse...  ... OH!... C-O-I-N-S...   Edited by mrwiskers
01/11/2024 4:15 pm
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This it is the worst think I ever, ever see. Sorry MRWiskers for your coins but first to do those thinks put yourself a simply question: What could happened?
This answer it is very easy to answer because it is a very base electro-chemistry. When Cu and Al reach toghether an electrolyte is form and Al as negative electrode and the Cu as positive electrode. The union it is ireversible. This union is due to CaO2 and humidity.
Sorry for your coins. I saw to late that suggestion.
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I think it's a 1941  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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its a 5. just take your pic and adjust the contrast with image editor - comes blatantly clear
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Here is a quick stack with a scrape of my 45  |
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Posted 01/08/2024 2:41 pm
