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Edited by Curveball
09/08/2019 02:44 am
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Appears to have been plated
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Possibly. With zinc again? I'm pretty knowledgeable about my metals I'm a welder by trade that's allied work with. That's zinc notice the blue grayish tint from being exposed to oxygen. Its almost like the coin was struck normal because outside of rim show copper. Make me wonder if plated or dipped in something why copper around rim should be first to go. That's why I posted this there's slight traces of copper like it just faded away.
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Is it magnetic? How much does it weigh?
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No it's not magnetic. Good question I dint have a digital handy but I'd like to know how much it weighs. Interesting I'll do that later on today
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Normal weight would be around 2.5 grams
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Thx @Lawest I'll check it asap and let u know what it weighs.
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That's probably true E&V. But what if it's not. the rim is normal. I want to meet this sorcrist who can dissolve copper which is a precious metal and leave a trash metal like zinc untouched. It doesn't make sense in the metal world. Its a very interesting cent.
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My opinion copper was stripped off with acid but not far enough to completely finish the job and the stopped before it ate up the zinc too much. If it were done by electrolysis to strip it would have less copper left behind on the edges ect.
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That's the only thing I could figure some fool put a drop but was careful enough to not let it touch rim and smart enough to know when it touched the zinc to wash it off. Officially why would somebody do this and who ever did half way knows what they are doing zinc is brittle if u are strong enough it breaks easy and is brittle at room temp. Idk seems like to much work to me. Honestly idk were I found this coin or if inherited it found it in my uncle's collection in a lil box with some euros. I know he didt do that no telling when he plucked that coin outta circ. He kept it for a reason |
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Is it possible in the minting process that the planchet was struck like this and this is what zinc looks like when a die hits it. Say when cutting out the planchets this was a bad spot on the sheet I'm sure it's big sheet of copper plated zinc then the planchets get punched out st the mint. Just wondering if that's possible?
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Like others I think the copper plating was removed.
But if so, how?
At first I thought it might have been heated and the copper plating had flaked off.
But I decided not.
I discount acid since I believe zinc is more reactive than copper.
I'd be surprised if it could be removed from an acid bath before significant damage to the zinc core happened.
BUT with a hint of copper showing on the obverse (and on the edge) and the grainy appearance of the zinc surfaces I guess it's possible.
So for now I'm in the "acid" camp.
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Is it possible in the minting process that the planchet was struck like this and this is what zinc looks like when a die hits it. Say when cutting out the planchets this was a bad spot on the sheet I'm sure it's big sheet of copper plated zinc then the planchets get punched out st the mint. Just wondering if that's possible? The copper plating is applied after the planchets are punched out and the proto-rims are upturned (formed). It's possible it is a bad plating job but not able to tell from the images. EDIT: It looks to me that the copper is "peeking out" from under the gray color which suggests this is just staining from some sort of liquid, environmental cause or maybe even dull spray paint. Yours exhibits no mint luster which is a diagnostic for real unplated cents. Here is a link to an article in CoinWorld on them by Mike Diamond. https://www.coinworld.com/news/prec...nghouse.html . Hope this helps. Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
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09/08/2019 09:52 am
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I want to meet this sorcrist who can dissolve copper which is a precious metal and leave a trash metal like zinc untouched. It doesn't make sense in the metal world. Different acids attack different metals at different rates. It IS possible to remove the copper plating and leave the zinc relatively unscathed. I say relatively because the zinc surface does show the picro pitting of a chemical corrosive attack. Protecting the copper on the edge is easy. take a candle and rub it around the edge of the cent before putting it in the acid. The candle will leave a wax layer on the edge that will protect it from the acid. Quote:
and this is what zinc looks like when a die hits it. When a die strikes a zinc planchet you get the same smooth lustrous surface that striking a copper planchet gets, just a different color. |
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