Not An Error Coin, But No Forum For Environmental Damaged Coins. (2010 D Cent)

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Dearborn Moderator United States 97162 Posts	Posted 03/01/2021 6:28 pm So I will post my 2010 D LSC here. This coin was found in phoenix AZ in the hot summer of 2020 in the month of late July. I was working up on a white vinyl rooftop of a commercial building. The roofing material was so hot tha tmy feet were burning right through my work boots. Looking down while I was running some EMT conduit, I see a penny and pick it up. (yes, I pick up every single one I spot.) I immediately had to throw it back down into a shaded area because it burnt my fingers a bit. I happened to look back to where the penny had been and I saw that it had sunk into the vinyl roofing material. I went to the penny I had thrown and picked it up again (after it had cooled a bit). The coin had fallen reverse up and had become dished out. It was deformed as it got so hot is was beginning to soften and slowly turn into a bowl shaped coin. The reverse side saw the sun for so long the Zinc is showing through and the obverse just darkened to almost black. Can we say that phoenix got hot enough to melt a zinc cent? I say yes... Here are the pictures: Edited to fix a typo on the date. * Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. Titles are Important! * Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Edited by Dearborn 03/01/2021 6:36 pm Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/01/2021 6:30 pm Spender. Not a long life for this coin. When it gets back to the bank it will be returned to the mint to be cancelled. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34427 Posts	Posted 03/01/2021 8:06 pm Quote: Can we say that phoenix got hot enough to melt a zinc cent? I say yes... Hmm maybe, but you'd have to get up to near 800 degrees F. Even on an asphalt roof in the summer sun of Phoenix, I'm not sure it gets that hot. "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 19198 Posts	Posted 03/01/2021 8:16 pm Yes, check the temperatures that metals melt. Phoenix gets hot, but not that hot. Report this Post to the Staff
jasper62 Pillar of the Community United States 2189 Posts	Posted 03/01/2021 8:26 pm I say no. I've worked with just about every type of metal there is for the last 40 years and the sun is not going to warp any type of coin. Melting point of copper is over 1983 degrees Fahrenheit. maybe the coin was in a fire at one point in it's life but the sun did not do this Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 97162 Posts	Posted 03/01/2021 8:27 pm ok maybe 'melt was the wrong word. sheesh lets get literal here. it did get warm enough to enable it to sag into the roofing material. on that I'm not kidding. It was probably up there for years, each year sagging a tiny bit more..(just a guess on that) Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34427 Posts	Posted 03/01/2021 8:31 pm No matter how you slice it, it is still a fun find @dearborn! "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
Dearborn Moderator United States 97162 Posts	Posted 03/01/2021 8:37 pm Thanks Spence, I think so as well. It's going into a lumpy 2x2...lol Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
IsThisAnything Valued Member United States 440 Posts	Posted 03/01/2021 10:20 pm I like a good story on a coin, even if it's not valuable. I have a couple weird ones too. Report this Post to the Staff
Greasy Fingers Pillar of the Community United States 7059 Posts	Posted 03/02/2021 12:29 am " melting point for copper is over 1983 degrees fahrenheit" Is that the reason why the mint changed over fully to zinc in 1983?............ edited: neat find never the less... Edited by Greasy Fingers 03/02/2021 12:30 am Report this Post to the Staff
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