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Most of the copper clad is missing Please let me know how rare this is. the top side is missing except for the " in God we trust" and the back is partially missing. The rim has all the clad on it. Please let me know what you can Brian   Edited by brbpab94
07/30/2012 2:33 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Post mint damage. Someone put some heat to this coin to cause this kind of damage. A blowtorch for a few seconds will do this to a cent.
Dave
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Additionally, cents are not clad - they are plated.
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so this is not an error from the mint? I've sweated a lot of plumbing pipes with a torch and I've never done any damage to the pipe.
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This is what a penny I took out of my pocket looks like after I used a butane torch and an acetylene torch on it. the coin became discolored. The first coin I showed was only partly Plated. It looks like it was prepared from the mint but never got fully plated.   |
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zink boiling point 787.1 F
copper meltig point 1981 degrees Fahrenheit
The zinc would have been gone, the penny would have been no more.
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Listen to coppercoins. He knows what he is talking about. He has seen thousands of coins and written books.PMD.
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A blowtorch for a few seconds will do this to a cent. Care to tell us what kind of gas or torch ? I tried both propane and MAPP gas torches. Results were nothing like the OP's coin. Here might be a better explanation: https://goccf.com/t/89064Edited by Maineman750
07/30/2012 4:58 pm
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All the copper parts left on this coin are just as brite as any other penny in good condition and the zinc part is not shiny and grey it's more like light greyish blue and it's in AU condition. I showed it to a banker that collects coin and she almost didn't give it back.
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The zinc part would be shiney if it were struck that way. As far as bankers, coin dealers, etc...they are usually not very well versed in varieties or errors.
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Maineman,
I guess I made an oops when I said a blowtorch would do that. I do remember that thread about the hotplate causing this sort of thing, and somehow that got switched over to blowtorch in my brain...Thanks!
Dave
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