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So my fiance found this penny, can someone tell me if they have ever seen something like this  *** Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. Titles are Important! *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To help us better understand what may be happening, please post a full, large and sharp image of the obverse. Thanks.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you are talking about the Edge toning, that looks really nice. It happens on a lot of coins.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 . It reminds me of a copper plated cent that has been heated with a cigarette lighter,but there are some collectors who believe it is a plating error. John1 
( I'm no pro, it's just my humble opinion )
Searched 6.5 +/- Million Cents Since 1971
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United States
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@chase, look at what appears to be an autocorrect error in @dear's response. Either way, the toning is pretty cool on this cent, but I don't think it adds to the numismatic value. Welcome to CCF @kpi!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think John has it right - false error. Can you show us an obverse pic? to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
01/27/2022 10:39 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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To CCF , as well as a full obverse pic .
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New Member
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New Member
United States
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 Is this & 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am one of those people that call it bad plating. I've found 95s like this in obw rolls. Haven't hear a reason to believe it isn't.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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This it is far to be a toning coin. Look cool, but it is not toning. No natural toning affect at this small scale the upper and deep of the coin. If you overlays it is same on both side.
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United States
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Is maybe someone stripping off the copper plating from the center of the faces of these cents to create this dramatic color variation? Like @sil, this doesn't look like toning to me. Rather, that looks like exposed zinc to me.
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-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think silviosi has this correct, "No natural toning." Could be heat damage as suggested, but nothing natural.  to the CCF!  ça va bien aller
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think this is a plating issue as others have said.
IMHO, Mint luster (shiny areas) seems to be present on the plated and unplated area. If the plating was removed the luster wouldn't be visible.
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Pillar of the Community
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If the plating is removed, which it is very hard and employ high technology, will be not congruent with the other side.
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New Member
United States
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Thank you all so much for your input.
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