1953-S Lincoln Wheat Cent / LWC What Happened, Heat Damage? - Page 2

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SomeGoodCents Valued Member United States 238 Posts	Posted 02/28/2023 1:59 pm Wow a power tool and wire brush on a copper cent? IDK how you'd get that wavy look. Would love to see you're example in comparison. Heat or a chemical application would be more plausible then a power tool and wire brush. Nothing I've heard thus far fully satisfies my curiosity about this odd ball coin. IDK maybe chemical application with a wire brush then heat applied? lol Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96935 Posts	Posted 02/28/2023 2:16 pm Quote: Better keep my trap shut on this one. same here - my suggestion got shot down without any concrete proof but some random websites that show nothing like this (But hey! thanks the the jewelry making site anyway) 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
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 02/28/2023 3:29 pm These coins get called heat. I don't think so. As you said, it would take a lot of experience with a torch to heat up just the inside to the point of melting and not harm the outer surface. In fact I've ran a torch from the 7th grade till my retirement, and I don't think it can be done. But what I think they are are sandblasted with glass beads. Sand would leave the surface sharp, but beads would leave the surface smooth and wavy. Report this Post to the Staff
stoneman227 Pillar of the Community United States 2376 Posts	Posted 02/28/2023 3:45 pm This is a terrible phone camera pic. (it'll be a week before I'm near my camera setup) . This showes the waves created by a motor driven wire brush on a copper cent. Different hardness of wire should created different waves. A telling factor is how the brush skips over the high points of the design and forms the shape of the design as it drops down to meet the field. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 02/28/2023 3:57 pm Well to sum things up,what ever caused it, it is not an error it is PMD.Do we agree on that? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
stoneman227 Pillar of the Community United States 2376 Posts	Posted 02/28/2023 4:02 pm Sounds like a plan to me. Report this Post to the Staff
Halo1st Pillar of the Community United States 2775 Posts	Posted 02/28/2023 4:31 pm Don't recall seeing a working die altered in this fashion. I'm thinking the coin was altered after strike. Thanks, Doug. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96935 Posts	Posted 02/28/2023 4:47 pm Nice example Stoneman - great experiment. thanks. Yes John, PMD all the way around 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
NEWmrMatic Valued Member United States 366 Posts	Posted 02/28/2023 7:39 pm Lol sorry. The craft website is a DIY that involves torching a Penny. Someone mentioned it was a torch burn. And who wouldn't want to know how to make penny jewelry? Lol you're welcome. Edited by NEWmrMatic 02/28/2023 7:40 pm Report this Post to the Staff
SomeGoodCents Valued Member United States 238 Posts	Posted 02/28/2023 7:50 pm Yes I would say my curiosity is satisfied, thanks everyone. Just got to say; Why on Gods green earth would someone do that to honest Abe? It's disgusting to this old man. Report this Post to the Staff
SomeGoodCents Valued Member United States 238 Posts	Posted 03/01/2023 08:44 am Just as an update I've found a few more strikingly similar to this one in three tubes I examined yesterday. Also found some possible grease struck through examples. I post pictures later. Wife has me working on the house today. Report this Post to the Staff
SomeGoodCents Valued Member United States 238 Posts	Posted 03/04/2023 10:20 pm stoneman227 please let us know when you're "camera set-up" can display better pics. While you're pics resembles this coin I'm still not ready to toss this in a cull pile. If you can produce these characteristics in a pre-1982 cent with a mechanical wire brush I'd love to see pics. Report this Post to the Staff
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1953-S LWC What Happened, Heat Damage?