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Underweight LMC, Need Expert Opinions

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 Posted 11/11/2016  2:01 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add gymcoachdon to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
A friend brought me a group of coins to examine that belonged to his grandfather. Along with trimes, Half Dimes, Barber coins, morgans, etc., was this Memorial cent.


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As you can see, most of the rim is gone. I stacked it on another Memorial cent to compare what was missing:


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The coin weighs 1.5g, and has a very thin profile compared to another Memorial:


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My first thought was that the rim had just been sanded/filed away, but looking through my loupe there weren't any obvious tool marks.


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Then I started looking at the weaknesses in the strike, and thought I should post it on here to get some opinions from you guys.


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Looks like it was both physically and chemically degraded, damaged. No idea why, though. That's a lot of effort to fake a dime.
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Looks like acid was involved.
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Severe chemical erosion, as denoted by the thinned devices and missing rim.
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Acid dipped
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It took a swim in acid.
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