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acexallin New Member 13 Posts	Posted 01/19/2016 07:06 am Hello Everyone! I have been reading through the forums and recently decided to join! Seems like a great Canadian resource! I emptied out my change jar the other day and spotted this strange color 1953 penny. Its NSF with just hardly viable doubling on 953. Feedback would be appreciated! crappy scan! Just waiting for my microscope cam! Report this Post to the Staff

Biedercoins Pillar of the Community United States 1601 Posts	Posted 01/19/2016 07:24 am From my perception it looks more like a delamination situation. But weren't your one cent coins a solid bronze/brass composition at that time? I looked it up and that was the first year of QE2 on the obverse but the composition stayed at 98% Copper, .5% Tin, 1.5% Zinc (bronze), so I don't know why the top layer would peel off. BTW, I have to ask, what microscope+camera did you buy? Report this Post to the Staff
acexallin New Member 13 Posts	Posted 01/19/2016 07:27 am Grabbed this one.. He has sold almost 600 of them and I hear they are good for coins! http://www.ebay.ca/itm/400931728029...RK:MEBIDX:IT Report this Post to the Staff
Biedercoins Pillar of the Community United States 1601 Posts	Posted 01/19/2016 07:41 am That's pretty much the same as the one I bought a few months ago. I hope you have better luck with yours than I did with mine. I had problems with the integrated LEDs being reflected back into the "camera". Depth of field was also an issue with me. I couldn't get both the field and he devices of the coin in focus at the same time. Please do let me know what sort of results you get and for what exactly you a using it. Maybe I expected too much from a $30 microcam. I'm still looking for alternatives. Report this Post to the Staff
chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 01/19/2016 07:53 am Someone plated it after it left the mint. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 01/19/2016 08:53 am High school lab nickel plating experiment. The unplated area was where it was held whilst being immersed in the plating solution. Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9864 Posts	Posted 01/19/2016 12:01 pm "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
acexallin New Member 13 Posts	Posted 01/19/2016 3:44 pm you guys are awesome :) Amazing. Thanks. I will post an update when I get the scope. Report this Post to the Staff
North of 49 Pillar of the Community Canada 617 Posts	Posted 01/19/2016 7:18 pm sel_691 is correct. My son brought one home from school that looked just like that one. and Acexallin , welcome to the forum. Report this Post to the Staff
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