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This coin has me wondering. A 1951 D that is noticeably a lightweight. My scale on "normal" pennies registers .108 to .114 but this guy comes in at .063. And there is too much detail for it to have been a Dryer Coin. Thoughts? And thanks    |
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Pillar of the Community
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Caused by a bath in acid.
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Valued Member
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The circumference is close to normal but the coin is thinner and obviously lightweight. How could an acid bath make the whole coin thinner?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Acid eats away the metal and the majority of the surface area is obverse/reverse instead of edge so the thickness will decrease more noticeably than the diameter. I hope that makes sense.
In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Thanks makes sense but then why isn't the bust affected as much?
And dare I ask why? And yes I realize you probably have no idea why many people do many crazy things!?!?
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why many people do many crazy things!?!? Science experiment? Trying to make a cent into a dime to try to cheat a bubble gum machine? Too cloudy to use a magnifying glass to melt your plastic soldiers? Your guess is as good as ours...  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yes, people are quite creative--and adventuresome--when it comes to 'altering' things. May have even been an unintended exposure to acid in a lab or industrial shop back in the 50s. If only coins could talk.
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Pillar of the Community
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If coins could talk we wouldn't need this site. LOL. Pictures are pretty blurry so I can't see the details. There is also a tapered planchet and yours looks thin on the right obverse.
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If only coins could talk. They would be SCREAMING!!! Good thing they can't talk, it would be a very noisy world... |
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Yep, Acid bath:  |
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Ok thanks! Sound like a acid tripper is the consensus. Why is a crap shoot. And yes I realized on the reduced pics that the photos were blurry. I'll try to fix that.
And yes the panther is thin which is the most noticeable part. At nearly half the weight, I would think the coin would be more like Coop's specimen.
Thanks foe the help.
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