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Valued Member
Canada
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Probably the worst batch of coins that I've got so far. Most of them are so eaten away from this powder that is on them that you cannot even tell what year they are. This is like the 10th roll that are like this. Hmm, do you think that my bank is trying to tell me something? lol. (Not really funny except for it being just my luck lately). Any ideas what would do this? I actually bent the coin in the photo it was so eaten away. A waste of money in my opinion.   Edited by canadacoinguy
02/04/2012 11:19 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Ive had some of these.... It like a dust on them? I didnt even finish the box... I'm not sure?
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Valued Member
 Canada
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Yup, it is like a dust on them. It's a shame because the majority of them were copper and good dates. Oh well...  Edited by canadacoinguy
02/03/2012 9:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Being under ground I think
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by DrDon
02/03/2012 9:59 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
146 Posts |
These are not machine wrapped rolls. I intentionally asked for paper rolls since the last box of Brinks that I got didn't have 1 wheat or very very little copper. These coins kinda smell like diesel fuel or something. That would probably eat through the coins. I'm not quite sure why the bank would even bother giving these back out to people.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
571 Posts |
Looks like zincolns I pick up in parking lots in the winter. The water and salt does incredible things to zinc.
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Valued Member
Canada
146 Posts |
Would water and salt also eat through the copper coins too? Whatever it is works quickly because there were a couple of 2011 shield pennies that were hardly even recognizable. I'm considering taking them back to the bank and showing them to them but I'm not sure that this would be a good idea or not. I don't know, maybe time to switch banks.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Dr.Don. They could be from a fountain but I don't know. I do know that they have a slight smell of oil or petroleum.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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canadacoinguy: it was coincollect1 who mentioned finding coins like these in a box which would indicate machine wrapped rolls.
I would not hesitate in bringing these to the attention of the bank and getting them replaced.
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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
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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
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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
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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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Posted 02/03/2012 9:17 pm
