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New Member
United States
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Hello, I'm new here and I found this 1942 penny its really weird to me. its almost paper thin. sharp on the edges. and it only weighs .63 grams. any help with this coin would be great thanks.    |
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Moderator
 United States
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@john, first welcome to CCF. Second, that is not a mint error, but rather someone has given this cent a bath in acid. This explains the washed out details, light weight, and paper thin edge.
"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
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21584 Posts |
 to the CCF Agree. It has been dipped in acid. The complete loss of rims is a good indication as they are usually the first to be eaten away. |
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Moderator
United States
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. I agree, acid damage. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19113 Posts |
Agree, would appear to be the victim of a prolonged acid dunk.
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New Member
 United States
19 Posts |
ok thanks everybody. I tried looking it up and couldnt find any error known. except there were some coins that were minted in error of another countries planchet. not sure how true that is.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Acid trip, far out! to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
It is lighter now than an aluminum cent. A little bit longer, and it would have disappeared.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10635 Posts |
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there were some coins that were minted in error of another countries planchet Yeah, but not yours. there would be other signs, which yours does not show. We see a fair number of cents here that have been spent time in an acid bath, very similar to yours. Keep it as a novity because it's basically worthless. Maybe you could talk someone into taking it as a regular cent, but it might be tuff.  |
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United States
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nice trip to the acid showers this coin had..
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
Acid will also affect silver coins as well:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1484 Posts |
@joshua — it is true the some 1942 Philadelphia (not Denver, that I'm aware of) pieces exist that were struck on planchets intended for other countries' coins, but this is not one of them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1057 Posts |
to CCF, Joshua!...and thank you for asking your question! The answers you've gotten today have solved one of my life's little mysteries, too. I've had mine for 60 years or thereabouts and can't remember where or how I acquired it, but since I don't collect US material it's never found its way out of my curiosity box. Mine is so close in size and weight to a US dime that it doesn't take much imagination to see how every one of these that you would have put in a vending machine or passed along in a bank roll would end up netting you nine cents. Back in the late 1940's that would amount to a loaf of bread, or almost two candy bars...and both the bread and the candy bars weighed a lot more than they do today! For the record: 
"If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough."
--- Mario Andretti
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Its had a bath, the acid variety.
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