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New Member
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I know what it looks like, that's all I care to say at this time. I I would like to go ahead and thank anyone who does have a crack at it! Ion not gonna lie. I absolutely love the learning aspect every time I stumble up on any shiny new object that almost has power over me and is able to peak my interest while offering so much to be researched while never seeming to loose the excitement factor knowing that the next big discovery IS out there, passing from one hand to another, wishing I would hurry my butt up and discover it already, fulfilling its legacy by shattering the old world record for rarest coin ever discovered as well as highest price ever paid for a circulated catapulting my name to coin hunter legend status.. 'key inspirational hip hop music. So you wanna be a coin super star, live large, big house, 5 cars, you're in charge, coming up in the world, don't trust nobody gotta look over your shoulder constantly......! Lol I feel blessed that God created a world with endless wonders to keep me busy with opportunities to learn until the day I take the final exam, whenever that day comes! I'm definitely gonna have to figure out how to upload pictures on here faster with the rate that I'm finding them. Be nice to sell a few one day also. Gonna have to learn to pull the trigger and spend the ones That only have face value too, or one day my net worth will be made up entirely of pocket change! Geez    |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Is this blob above the surface, or has it eaten into the surface?  to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Can't really say what it is but I can say that it is damage of some sort.
There is no way that could happen during the striking of the coin
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Judging by the black stuff around the "thing" it was probably caused by some sort of acid. Or maybe someone tried to fill in a lamination error with glue. Either way looks absolutely disgusting
Edited by JohnH4444
05/21/2021 12:09 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
549 Posts |
Give it an acetone bath and see what happens. Looks corrosive whatever it is. Looks like some lamination issue on the lower reverse. I want to make the next big discovery also! LOL
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New Member
 United States
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It looks like it dripped onto the surface of the coin while it was molten,, burnt into the surface before cooling in the current state. There is also similar melting damage on the penny's edge directly in front of Lincoln, he would be looking right at it. There is a hint of the same color of the material as if most of what caused that damage fell off or was removed. What does it look like to you, if it's a foreign material separate from the penny, and how would it even have ended up there. I'm stumped
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think your theory is probably correct.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like brazing and acid flux damage to me.
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New Member
United States
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Ok, I'm just gonna let it fly. It looks like gold, similar to a gold nugget taken directly out of the ground. Very few things resembles gold. Especially pure or near pure gold. It's like someone was smelting gold, possibly that they had mined for the purpose on pouring as close to pure bars while removing as much of the impurities as possible. The more pure the gold, the higher the temp required to melt it, with pure 24k home having a melting point of like 1950 degrees Fahrenheit, give or take a few degrees, specifically give 2 degrees, because it's melting point is 1948 degrees F, and it either poped of a little spillage. Whatever it is it started melting the penny, burning down until it cooled and solidified. It's sitting on top of the copper material. Some has even come off. There is a circular hole on the left edge center of the material in question that was covered.completly by the material in the earliest pictures I took when I found the coin. There no doubt it's post mint damage, but that's fine with me. There is a much cooler story possible on this one, but since I doubt it will ever be fully known, finding out if it's what it sure looks like will have to be the end of this coins origin story. The coins age certainly doesn't hurt it's mystique, at least in my opinion. So who's gonna be the one that admits that iymt certainly looks like gold? Come on guys! Lol
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Coin may have been exposed in a machine/metal fabrication shop--had some hot material splashed on it--perhaps. Acetone bath will eliminate most any glue issue that may be in-play.
Edited by ijn1944
05/21/2021 1:23 pm
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 United States
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Brazing rod/blow torch?  maybe using a brass rod to melt on the coin. Edited by Dearborn
05/21/2021 7:46 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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this is what you'd commonly see if you shorted pos and neg terminals on a 110V 15Amp circuit with copper or silver, silver looking even worse, but silver and copper will bubble and melt immediately in the short of the circuit before the breaker trips. same way a wedding ring will melt into your finger if you lay a wrench across a cars battery terminals by accident setting it down.
My GUESS on this one though is someone tried it as a replacement for on old school screw in fuse and overloaded the circuit and burned out the wiring on it shorted with a catastrophic failure. the yellow is likely the difference between the copper of the fuse hole terminals and the bronze/brass of the coin.
somethings got to fail, the fuse is supposed to blow and stop the cable from overloading, replacing the fuse with something that can't blow out puts the wires or terminals at risk of an overdraw or a surge, and I am hoping the terminals failed in a shower of sparks and blew out the cent from the fuse box, and not the wires in the walls along the circuit bursting in flames first.
Edited by Big-Kingdom
05/21/2021 2:52 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If the color is correct/incorrect, it could be glue. If the affected area is gray it could be solder. Glue might come off, solder won't and the coin is ruined. The coin was altered and won't add a premium to it. It wasn't struck that way. Altered.
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Pillar of the Community
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Just to show that brazing rod shows as gold - I had the cutting torch on so I couldn't get a pinpoint flame and the brazing rod ran all over the coin. This is really just to show the color anyway,..........  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Seem to be a molding. Someone in the life of this coin want to do something, then use brass molding.
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