1952 Lincoln Wheat Cent - Too Early On A Monday Morning For Games But I Laughed

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MajorPatW Valued Member United States 100 Posts	Posted 07/17/2023 12:03 pm Welp, this one had me scratching my eyes a bit. LOL. Figured it may make someone else chuckle. * Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. It's very important to have in the title. * Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 07/17/2023 12:39 pm Plated or polished. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
MajorPatW Valued Member United States 100 Posts	Posted 07/17/2023 12:48 pm Plated, but it sure made me wake up this morning with that date. + Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 07/17/2023 4:15 pm Looks more like mercury rubbed. They didn't get the whole surface, the top of both obv and rev is still copper. Report this Post to the Staff
MajorPatW Valued Member United States 100 Posts	Posted 07/17/2023 4:20 pm @Cujohn: I assumed plated. I don't know what Mercury Rubbing is. But after having some coffee and verifying that the gov didn't make steel cents in 1952, I realized someone was just having fun. Luckily that's not a coin a bought, someone just gave it too me. Report this Post to the Staff
HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24906 Posts	Posted 07/17/2023 4:48 pm MajorPat, "mercury rubbing" is when you put a drop of mercury on a coin and rub it in. A friend's father showed us how to make our steelies look like new with that method in the early '70s. Bare fingers, too. How I'm not dead yet confounds me daily. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
MajorPatW Valued Member United States 100 Posts	Posted 07/17/2023 4:51 pm LOL. @Hondo We all did a bunch of dumb things as kids. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 94728 Posts	Posted 07/17/2023 6:00 pm Mercury, or just plated - and the E and T of We Trust, took a hit and exposed the copper again. 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
MajorPatW Valued Member United States 100 Posts	Posted 07/17/2023 6:01 pm Honestly, it's pretty cool that that can be done. But I feel bad if someone actually tried to sell something like this. Report this Post to the Staff
mdh157 Pillar of the Community United States 952 Posts	Posted 07/20/2023 12:51 pm When I was in grade school (1978-79 school year) one of the other kids brought in a '54 Lincoln that appeared to be silver. I knew it was fake but everyone else was in awe. Report this Post to the Staff
MajorPatW Valued Member United States 100 Posts	Posted 07/20/2023 12:54 pm It seems fake coins is now big business. :) Report this Post to the Staff
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