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Today I picked up a small collection, mainly Canadian and German. the only reason I bought it was a scarce Bavarian Gold coin. At home I noticed this 1932 1 cent amongst a few other 1 cent pieces. It looked different than the other cents. Hopefully you guys can shed some light on this. What is it?  Now, it is easy to say PMD... BUT think again and see the measurements and weight. it leaves a lot of open questions.  I know you will have explanations and answers.. I just know,(hope) it is a 500,000+ dollar coin... (wishful thinking) thanks guys,    |
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i am afraid this is just a cent dipped in acid.
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 acid shrunk. Eats the metal away from all sides and leaves the lettering and numbers very thin. |
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Yup. Acid job. I have one just like it that my LCS gave to me to put in my " page of shame".
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ok guys, what kind of acid. Pleased support your "very positive " statements
it is easy to say... but please give more than just empty chat.
like what type of traces does which type of acid leave behind.
AND, which acid "eats" cooper so even?... without pitting etc.
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Pleeeze yer killing us! Hows the blue one coming along? Back from certification yet.? Send this acid job to Cccs and send me the bill when it is holdered.
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Interesting coin 47P7!
I have a few similar coins and really have never had a satisfactory answer/explanation as to how they came to be.
Would like to know myself what acid can be used to accomplish this type of end result.
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Hydrochloric acid and another chemical mixed together will take its toll on copper coins.
Edited by darryldarryl
11/23/2014 09:46 am
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The world if full of fakes and people willing to make them and sell them let find these people a penny roll them to death. If a deal sounds to good to be true and you question yourself walk way
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Fixguy, interesting reading, Thank you for finding and posting this. BUT, as you can see on my images, there are NO traces of any kind of tampering with anything, apart from a few circulation scratches. And the experiments done in Austria were not done with coins of the same metal composition. Perhaps it is an indication?. I am not saying it is not possible that this is a result of some chemical reaction. But, IMO, if a chemical reaction occurs on soft metal, there should be clearly visible traces of it. Like for example bubbles or discoloring etc? Quote:
Perhaps SPP would chime in here. If anyone could explain from a expert metallurgical point of view, it is him.
all I know at this point is that this 1932 cent is different than others. Could it be a cent on a foreign planchet? back in 1932? maybe, but only maybe. Bellmaker, can you possibly post images of your coins? Darryl, when you say "takes its toll",what do you mean. we know that chemicals on copper can be a disaster. correct me if I am wrong: when you use acid / chemical I believe that it does not attack the coin in a perfect very uniform and even manner all around the coin, even if completely submerged. Coke comes to mind. it will eventually eat the coin, but not evenly and the same all around.
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Forum Kid
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Yes acid job, very nice picture and info!
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47P7, if I can locate them, will be happy to post pictures. Might take awhile to locate them though, I'm one of them disorganized collectors. Lots of stuff, no real system to speak of.  |
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Thanks Bellmaker, I would love to compare.
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Posted 11/23/2014 12:40 am
