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If indeed it is a zinc cent coin, I find many of the Zinc coins are subject to this fate. I know zinc is very susceptible to corrosion when exposed to the elements. Others may not agree, but in my opinion unless you save these coins in near mint condition protected, in my opinion that is the inevitable fate of most zinc coins at some point in time. I serious doubt their will be many 2018 zinc cents in circulation in 2118. To attempt to show what I am talking about, I have included a photo of corrosion damaged Zinc cents from a Federally wrapped box. I still have 4 rolls to go through. As you can see, coming from a Federal source, fully 3 rolls of zinc cents are worthless, with 4 more rolls of the box yet to go through. Dan  |
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You have a nice looking 1980 BB down in there at the 6OCLOCK position, but yeah lots of zinc shields for sure. I agree, I'm not a huge fan of the zinc coin. They last as long as The rot doesn't start from the inside out, but definitely an inferior coin. That said, do you have any thoughts as to the devices pictured in the up-close images?
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Strike that at least two 1980s because of the one right above the black one which looks like it could have a die Clash on it maybe? Or perhaps it's just toning and stain
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 Call me a weirdo, but actually when I see a pile of change like that I get a little bit excited.. youcan find some cool stuff on coins like that. Edited by CouchDiver1978
12/22/2018 1:13 pm
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Wow so at the bottom of the picture you have at least two coppers because they're 1980 the one above the black one A Clash, lamination error or maybe something applied to it like clear coat nail polish or something... :-( I have noticed more than a few 1980s coins have have strange substances on them LOL, but the one down below those two looks like a Greaser. I would be pumped about that batch of coins as long as I wasn't going for condition! |
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Those coins pictured are not being sent back to circulation, until each one is checked under magnification. I just put the heavy corroded coins in a separate pile.
Your coin in my opinion is one of the severe corroded Zinc cents.
Looking at the Glossary of terms, BB says;
Mint marks for the Strasbourg mint
Dan
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12/22/2018 2:45 pm
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I don't even look at them. I toss them into my wrapper. If I would have found something, so what. No one would buy a problem coin.
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Just an unfortunate case of Post Strike Damage. Your coin has Zinc Rot all around. The Zinc core has been exposed to the air and elements. This one is spendable.
Errers and Varietys.
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Coop, absolutely agreed. I do check them just to make sure it's not something that comes off easy with Acetone, I also check for copper.
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Thanks for the comments and suggestions guys. Yeah it's probably a total waste of time looking at coins like this, but just the hobby in general has been a welcome distraction from a bad divorce. I'd rather do one over the other any day .
It sounds like this is a good one to serve as a guinea pig 4 acetone cleaning. Haven't tried that for yet and I'm kind of curious to see what I'll find underneath despite little promise of anything extraordinary.
Panther when you clean with acetone, do you normally just drop a coin in for certain period the time or prepare another way?
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CouchDiver1978, I usually soak a coin in Acetone for four hours.
Errers and Varietys.
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Doubt if you will find anything "underneath" because acetone doesn't remove corrosion.
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