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Hi All, During our cross country trip, I had a chance to go through my mom's coin stash. I took some pics of some odd ones.. unfortunately, most were too dark (non-optimal picture-taking area and camera  ). Of the ones that did come out, I was hoping someone would know what caused their problems. Color issues: The cent is bright yellow, while the dime reverse is much more copper in hand than in the picture. Regular 2000-D for comparison:  Yellow 2000-D:   Here's the dime:   1946-S Lincoln: reverse has the impression of the obverse pushing through? Is this just wear?   1955-D Lincoln: Is this a planchet flaw/damage or post-mint?    thanks ! |
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Yellow 2000D cent - looks like it could be one of the ones kids make in Chemistry class. I'm not sure how this is done but maybe one of our resident chemists would care to explain. It could be gold plated but the color looks too light.
Dime - looks like it's missing a clad layer.
1946S - Looks like a strong die clash. I've never seen one like that.
1955D - From the reverse it looks like a clipped cent but from the obverse I'd have to change my vote to damage.
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Thanks, Arthrene.. the yellow cent looks washed out in the pics - it's much more yellow in hand.
That's what I thought about the dime, as well. Do those carry a premium?
On the '55D, it looks like part of the edge was folded over then smaller amounts of the rim around a bit more. The chunk taken out of the side is mostly on the obverse. I couldn't make up my mind what caused it, but 2x2'ed it just in case for Mom (actually I tried to do them all, but ran out of time. She, of course, stood there looking at me like I was bonkers ;))
Thanks a lot :)
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1955-D It may have been damaged at the mint but it to worn to tell now.
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Amac44 - heck, I'll buy it from her.. I don't anything that interesting yet in the way of damage  Eaglefoot.. for sure, someone thought he was breakfast! Arthrene, wow! I'm sure my mom will freak, I just sent her that link.. it's exactly what hers looks like (now you can really see what a piece of junk that camera was that I was taking these with! or.. maybe that was just my EXCEPTional picture-taking abilities again...  ). |
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As for the "yellow" penny, I found one too a while back while roll hunting, and from what I've read it's a "Brass Penny". Normally, modern pennies are a zinc planchet core that is dip coated in copper. However, sometimes the zinc planchets fall into the vat of copper and disolve, and when enough of them do, this makes for a bright yellowish copper/zinc brass mix. The mints usually change out the vats, but some of the Brass pennies make it into circulation. I think I read about this in the Red Book... |
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That 2000D ROCKS! It looks like a couple Wheaties that I have, those are extremely rare, especially for a Zincoln....I've never seen one and the only copper Lincolns I've ever seen like that are in my collection. I have a special "toner" page in my Lincoln collection just for gems like that.
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Well for 2000 D it is a weak form of gold and caused through extracting ions from the copper and replacing them with gold prob 10karat or something weak like that. Either using electrlosis or using a chemical bond. for the others I cant tell ya lol.
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Thad - that's a great lincoln! I have a couple of toned wheaties but I don't think any are that spectacular.
Looks like opinions on the 2000D vary pretty widely. Would there be any test I could do to it to tell for sure? If I weighed it maybe? I might be able to get her to send it to me.
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No test you can do, it's just toned nicely from the pics. I'd put it in an airtite so it doesn't change anymore!
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Posted 07/17/2008 08:04 am
