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Bedrock of the Community
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Are you sure your scale is accurate? If the reverse has any detail at all, that's too light to be real.
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Pillar of the Community
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From what I can see when I lighten the picture, the texture and the slight reduction in diameter indicates exactly what coppercoins had suggested. The coin was dipped in acid.
Thanks,
Bill
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 Yea it looks like the one I accidentally left in the vinegar jar to long.  It's just some of that grime will not come off  tell the copper does.  |
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Got it out of a wheat bag. It's about 1/2 the diameter of a normal wheat. Suppose it could be acid. But is there a chance it was struck on the wrong blank?
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not half the diameter, that would be silly - half the width. It's paper thin.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Paper thin with that much detail showing is conclusive, it's been soaked in acid.
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Acid dipped. Here are a few more.  |
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coop
nice pictures, thanks.
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Pillar of the Community
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I especially like that 61-D with the "halo" around Lincoln's head, and how those ridges align to IGWT.  I also noticed that faint wire rim on Manos73's Lincoln, which reminds me of acid-dipped coins I've found. |
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Newbie question;
Just wondering why you believe acid itching did that to the 1961D?
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I think this one was put in a test tube in a science class. The bubbling of the acid made flow lines on it. The thick is is uneven from the image of the edges.
That was something people did in the 30-60's as you could put a acid reduced cent in a soda machine to get a bottle of soda for Ten cents. (Don't ask me how I know this, I was just living during part of this period.) But that was the purpose to get a soda for a dime only costing you one cent and the sulfuric acid from the chemistry class.
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Ah........thanks for the response and interesting. I remember when pop was 15 cents, but that trick eluded me.
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Posted 11/29/2008 11:52 pm
