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Valued Member
 Canada
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I will probably end up doing just that. They wouldn't even be usable in any business establishment. I don't know anybody who would want to touch one of these suckers when collecting their change from the store, restaurant or where ever it may be. I mean there might be 5 to 10 per roll that are okay but the rest are garbage and if I was the bank that's exactly where I would have put them.
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Valued Member
United States
212 Posts |
I think what happened with these cents, is just basic corrosion. The copper being exposed to the atmosphere and maybe a little moisture added in.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2189 Posts |
They look like metal detector finds.A lot of what I find looks just like these. After I've found 2 or 3 dollars worth of Lincolns I toss them in a small rock tumbler I have with a little water and dawn detergent for a few hours and return to the wild
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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When I've left batteries in things for way too long sometimes they leak and get a white powdery rust like that all over them. Maybe they have come in contact with battery acid that stuff is pretty nasty.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like a fountain coin. Or a bulk cleaning that the coins were left sitting and not dried off properly? Re-roll them.
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Valued Member
Canada
146 Posts |
They smell like gun oil or something strong and corrosive and they burn the eyes after awhile so I don't know if they were fountain coins as they wouldn't smell like gun oil or whatever it is that dried on to the coins would they?
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Valued Member
Canada
146 Posts |
Either way, I'm rerolling them and giving them back to the bank but will be sure to mark the rolls first. lol.
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Valued Member
Canada
146 Posts |
I uploaded another pic to give a better idea of what they look like.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
802 Posts |
It looks to me like they were "drain finds" from blasting sewers or somewhere similar, and they tried to be cleaned of gunk (corrosive gun oil smell). That's my guess.
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Valued Member
Canada
146 Posts |
It's a good guess and maybe its what happened to them. I'm wondering why the bank even held on to them? They must not check the rolls when customers bring them in. I mean, who would want to handle them? lol.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
Canada
146 Posts |
Yup I thought of that one too. I didn't like handling them too much after that.
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Valued Member
United States
318 Posts |
Terrorist plot to poison us with pennies? Boil them in lye and bury under cement.
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Valued Member
Canada
146 Posts |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Standard corrosion from exposure to water and air for a prolonged period.
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