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 Could this be real? I've never seen a divot like the one on this coin around the mint mark. *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***
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That cent is zinc and that is zinc rot on the rim and the mint mark go here and look at 12th post down http://goccf.com/t/300831Oh yeah  Edited by Mrzllewellyn
11/17/2017 04:56 am
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to CCF. It is a large date and zinc. Should weigh 2.5 grams. Around the mint mark are signs of zinc rot. John1  |
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I haven't had a chance to put it on a scale, but it balanced out against a 1960 penny I found in the same roll. It does look like zinc rot though.
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John I'm going to have to disagree it is a small date
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Using my highly scientific method (balancing coins on either end of a ruler). I just double checked it against two other copper coins... it is zinc #128548;
Has anyone ever heard of a 1960 penny that only weighs 2.5?
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Has anyone ever heard of a 1960 penny that only weighs 2.5? I have never heard of one. Why do you ask ? |
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Has anyone ever heard of a 1960 penny that only weighs 2.5? Only one that has been soaked in acid, or a silver one struck on a dime planchet. |
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Iagree with John1 Here is the info Previously provided by Coop.  Edited by Chase007
11/17/2017 10:06 am
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The size, position and shape of the "8" look like a small date, but the flourish of the "2" also looks like a small date. Could be the imaging that makes the "8" look different. No doubt about the "2". Mintmark (if that's what it is) looks like it was burned somehow, unless it is zinc corrosion gone wild. I wonder if someone was trying to "create" a 1982D error and gave up?
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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11/17/2017 12:16 pm
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question on 1960 penny cent Acid dipped coin reduce the weight. So if the rim is missing, then that is probably what happened to it.  Edited by coop
11/18/2017 2:29 pm
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