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New Member
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I found this 1968 penny and have tried at several different places to compare this very noticeable error on the entire front side and some of the same errors on the back. Can anyone please tell me what happened or if this penny is worth anything due to its flaws?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 to an awesome place to learn much about coins and more! Your cent looks like a classic case of acid soaking or something similar, either way, it could not have left the mint looking like that to my knowledge, so I call post mint damage. |
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you, I'm new to collecting coins, pennies have consumed me as I found several jars of my grandfather's just filled with wheat pennies and regular one cent pennies.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes, would appear to be nice example of exposure to an acidic environment. Too, application of high heat--such as a hobby-grade butane torch--can produce very similar results. Given the photos, I'm leaning toward heat as the factor.
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It looks to me that it was 'cooked' like in an oven or a blow torch and separating the lamination layers. Edited by Dearborn
11/03/2021 07:39 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Wow, looks like a dried-up river bed. Agree some sort of heat or acid damage. to the CCF! |
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to the Community! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The first clue that it was dipped in acid? Note the Motto devices on the edge of the coin. Note how far in the design as eroded with acid? Note 'IN GOD WE'? That is how you tell acid takes the same off both sides of the coin, but on the edge there is a three way issue. Top/bottom/side of the coin. So it is attacked on three sides, the removing more the metal there. Also acid flow an affect the coin differently:  Note the 1961 cent. Do you see the lines on the Motto area? The acid evidently flow more harshly on the more reduced areas. Like it was in a test tube and the acid flowed vertically altering the surface differently. But that is what to look for on these coins. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think Dearborn has it right, looks to be heat damage. Could be from a blowtorch or having been in an oven or fire. No premium, only post mint damage I'm afraid.  to the CCF!  |
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United States
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Freddy Krugger coin...  Quote:
looks to be heat damage. Could be from a blowtorch or having been in an oven or fire. Thanks, merclover - Great minds once again think alike |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks, Dearborn!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nope, not my handy work:  |
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Posted 11/03/2021 05:57 am
