Burnishing Balls? Please Help Me Identify This.

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Lisinda New Member United States 16 Posts	Posted 01/24/2023 4:17 pm This was a Christmas gift. It's a 2022 Lincoln Shield cent. Is this burnishing balls? If not than what? I'll appreciate any help. I'm new to this. I've collected wheat pennies all my life but only recently looked closer at them and am now discovering a whole new world of coin collecting. I just don't know what to call this. Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/24/2023 4:20 pm Looks like the coin was heated and the balls of metal might be zinc or solder.Not an error, PMD. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6571 Posts	Posted 01/24/2023 4:22 pm to the CCF This looks like solder to me Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 01/24/2023 4:23 pm to the CCF and Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24165 Posts	Posted 01/24/2023 4:27 pm I'm not even sure if cents are burnished, but they certainly aren't after minting. Agree, looks like solder. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16836 Posts	Posted 01/24/2023 4:37 pm To me, it looks like someone turned a blowtorch on a zincoln. The zinc melted, burst through the copper skin, and resolidified in little droplets of formerly molten zinc. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 01/24/2023 5:21 pm I agree Sap. I think you nailed it. Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96580 Posts	Posted 01/24/2023 5:30 pm yep, dripped solder balls on this cent as Sap mentions. 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
Chase007 Pillar of the Community United States 7512 Posts	Posted 01/24/2023 5:31 pm @sap , yes makes perfect sense. Report this Post to the Staff
Lisinda New Member United States 16 Posts	Posted 01/24/2023 7:11 pm Thanks guys!! Now I can move onto my next coin. Report this Post to the Staff
silviosi Pillar of the Community Canada 6244 Posts	Posted 01/24/2023 7:48 pm This coin was under very pointed fire and melt. Some goldsmith play? Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10038 Posts	Posted 01/24/2023 9:29 pm Noting in the minting process could make this. Its PMD like has been said. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24165 Posts	Posted 01/25/2023 11:01 am Did you all know there is a burnishing ball error on a dollar planchet though? I'd never heard of it. Cool stuff. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/25/2023 2:59 pm What do the burnishing pellets area look like? Report this Post to the Staff
Lisinda New Member United States 16 Posts	Posted 02/05/2023 9:29 pm Dumb question guys. If this was dropped soder balls or SAP wouldn't that add weight to the coin? I just weighed it and it's 2.5g. I weighed another NORMAL 2022 penny that weighed the same, 2.5g. Report this Post to the Staff
silviosi Pillar of the Community Canada 6244 Posts	Posted 02/05/2023 11:51 pm Is not pellets or solder drop. It is the coin who was point heat and melt. I test for fun and give me some nice zinc bulbs. You put Borax on the side you want to bulb, apply heat on the other side keeping the coin down and the bulbs are there. Do not heat to much because the bulbs fall down. Report this Post to the Staff
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