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Pillar of the Community
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Normally this would just go in the cull bag, but it is so unusual looking it will instead go into my "cool damage" files. 1914-S Lincoln Wheat cent damage - mud cracks   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Wow, that's pretty damage! Very unusual.
I wonder what caused it?
Errers and Varietys.
Edited by Errers and Varietys
03/13/2020 12:06 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I believe somewhere I have a 19 or 20s with very similar damage. Very weird , almost like dried up earth in a drought. Wonder if it was heated & quenched making it crackle up.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Or the coin may have been dipped in liquid nitrogen? Not a good idea for coins.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Definitely worth saving for show and tell!
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Looks like an Ancient coin . A keeper .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If I started life in 1914 I'd probably look like that too ;-)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's the ultra-rare 'brownie effect'. Post on ebay for a quick $10K. Edited by ijn1944
03/13/2020 10:05 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Liquid nitrogen wouldn't hurt the coin at all.
I've seen that look on coins recovered from sewers. Seems to be the result of either slowly flowing slightly acidic environments, second possibility is the become embedded in the sludge which then dries and cracks up allowing subsequent flows to only reach the metal at the bottom of the cracks. This results in selective etching of the crack pattern into the surface.
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice Conder. Sounds Very plausible.
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Pillar of the Community
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How bizarrrrrrre.
Reminds me of images of mud flats that have dried up and cracked.
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Bedrock of the Community
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It does show a new meaning of cracks on the coin. But they are not from die cracks.
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So, I'm in for calling it a sewer coin....others?
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