1937 D Lincoln Wheat Cent / LWC Shrunk With Acid?

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sheldius Pillar of the Community United States 1204 Posts	Posted 06/05/2020 7:27 pm So this one is worn down, but not consistently since letter like LIBERTY and the N in ONE are still sharp. Its just a bit larger than a modern dime, and much thinner than comparable wheat pennies. I know I've heard that people would shrink pennies using acid to fit in dime vending machines, but I don't see acid pitting like I would expect. Any thoughts? Report this Post to the Staff

josephm99 Pillar of the Community United States 791 Posts	Posted 06/05/2020 7:29 pm It might just be heavy circulation wear. I could be wrong though. Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 06/05/2020 7:36 pm Acid damage usually has telltale bumps/ridges. This one looks to be just heavy circulation wear, in my opinion. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 06/05/2020 7:43 pm Can you give us the weight? Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34428 Posts	Posted 06/05/2020 8:07 pm Doesn't look like the typical acid-bath cent, but perhaps this coin endured a lot of wear afterwards which mask those signs. I'd rather assume that @jm99 and @ml nailed it. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19210 Posts	Posted 06/05/2020 8:28 pm Agree--very heavy circulation wear. Report this Post to the Staff
Yokozuna Pillar of the Community United States 4618 Posts	Posted 06/05/2020 9:16 pm Sanded? Rock tumbler? Buffing cloth? I'm not sure it's all circulation wear, but it could be a combination of reasons. ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! Report this Post to the Staff
sheldius Pillar of the Community United States 1204 Posts	Posted 06/06/2020 09:27 am Thanks all. I've not come across one so worn that its this thin/light without being totally illegible. About 1mm smaller around and 3/4 as thin as a AG Wheat cent. I don't have a good scale that measure to better than 0.5 grams, unfortunately. It rounds to whole grams and reads as same as other pennies. Perhaps buffed to shape (back is rounded a bit and looks a bit like a button). I new it was PMD, but just trying to sleuth out how this poor coin was tortured. Report this Post to the Staff
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1937 D LWC Shrunk With Acid?