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New Member
United States
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Found this while closing the drawer at work. It drew my attention as I've never seen a coin look worn this way. To clarify, its not oxidization; its chipped away and appears to have some burn-type marks but the erosion/corrosion isn't consistent with burning the penny. The back is also flipped. Any info or testing would be greatly appreciated!   |
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Moderator
 United States
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 to CCF. It is a 2005. It has damage,not a variety or error. Might be some kind of acid. John1  |
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New Member
 United States
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@John1, it doesn't appear to be consistent with acid; watched a bunch of videos of people doing experiments and no luck. If youre able to look closely it is most definitely formed in a 9 consistent with 9's on other pennies
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's Post Strike Damage (happened after it left the U.S. Mint). It's not an error. Just a damaged coin. The "9" you see is just pushed over and flattened metal.
Errers and Varietys.
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United States
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to the Community! Your post was moved to the appropriate forum for the proper attention.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
It's zinc corrosion, plain and simple. Spend it if you can. But |
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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 that it's probably a 2005 with extensive zinc rot and some very lucky hits. Still could be a nice conversation piece, assuming you can keep it from rotting too much further (which, sadly, is probably impossible). |
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United States
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Yes the copper plating now has lots of holes and the underlying zinc is deteriorating. Good to spend!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks a bit like a meteorite?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Rest in Peace
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Do you really think it's from the future?
They stopped that design in 2008.
It's just a corroded 2005 Cent.
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Valued Member
United States
453 Posts |
The future looks rough! A terminator got to it!
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4593 Posts |
Time travellers meet here last Wednesday at 7pm
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like metal in the second 0 of a 2005 cent was perfectly displaced by a hit to create a 9. What are the odds!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That damage is due to the fact it came from a worm hole from the future and it came down really fast and hit the earth like a bullet. Just so you know ;)
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Posted 06/14/2018 1:49 pm
