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Valued Member
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Hello everyone I've run across this penny and I wanted to ask a question because I have never encountered anything like this. The reverse side of the coin is some type of metal, and I believe it may be solder or something. Before I do anything I knew it would be wise to ask the community before I did anything to damage it. Obviously this penny has had a rough life.When the coin is turned up to show the reverse side, the impression is turned counter clockwise 90 degrees. I would rather put up a noob post then destroy a coin that could have came from the mint. The metal is not soft like solder, and having 10 years of previous Pipefitting and Plumbing experience I will state that "it is not solder on the reverse side of this coin" Thank you for reading.    Edited by X9 Mike Honcho
11/30/2017 05:28 am
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Is this cent thicker or thinner than normal? Can you post an image of the edge?
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Valued Member
 United States
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The cent is the same thickness and dimensions as a 1970's penny, before 1982, and the edge is smooth and finished. I'll put a picture of the edge up in a second.
Edited by X9 Mike Honcho
11/30/2017 05:00 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like melted lead or something. PMD |
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United States
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Yeah, solder is what I had thought. I just notice that the letters imprinted on its reverse side look like MM's and I can physically see what looks like a date stamp. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't some kind of "strike through?) or something like that. I could always heat something up and touch it to the coin. I'm gonna sit on it and see what my coin shop owner thinks about it. It's his anyway as he let's me take home bags of coins to search. I just let him know if I keep something or what I find.
Coins are taking over my world.
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Bedrock of the Community
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So while the metal/epoxy/glue/JB wield was hot/drying, they may have placed another coin onto the substance, later removing it leaving the mirror image.
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12/01/2017 12:36 am
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Rest in Peace
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Fantastic system you have with your LCS. Honesty does pay.
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Bedrock of the Community
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There's no possible way that this happened at the mint. This looks like some crazy science experiment. It's PMD (Post Mint Damage). Worth face value. Errers and Varietys.
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Valued Member
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I agree. Thanks to everyone for your consensus.
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Bedrock of the Community
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United States
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Got it yesterday,read it today. Thanks to the author, I hopefully won't have to post these things.
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Just thought I'd let you who have read this know that this is not lead nor is it solder. I heated a piece of steel up so that it was red hot and touched it to the reverse side of the penny. It's did not melt.i am going to bring it to my guy at LCS and see if he may be able to identify this metal by looking at it due to his knowledge and experience.
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