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Is this coin Struck Through Grease?

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No, it's corroded and heavily damaged.
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Thanks, I suspected that's what it was.
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This coin was more than likely run over by cars in the street resulting in the granularity. I find these in the street often.
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I actually disagree with that.

The pattern on the coin is too granular and too regular to be a parking lot coin. Those generally are bent, have large pits and small pits, and have large scratches on them. This one appears more chemically altered rather than just damaged.
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Looks more like it was "struck through" a sand storm. I agree with Chuck, something was done to uniformly damage this coins surface. I see loads of road-kill Cents and this is very different. ~ Jim
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I found a 1964 that look very much like the 72 posted.it was in a ashtray in old junked car.maybe nicotine eats up coins?
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Umm, no...probably not.

More likely that it is the result of having sat submerged with something else that had serious corrosion problems, and the corrosion ate into the cent. Copper/brass alloy doesn't corrode easily on its own, but is susceptible to chemical reaction to other things corroding. For instance, a cent will not rust...but it will gain rust from something else rusting. Of course 1943 excepted.

I believe this cent 'gained' corrosion from something else it was in contact with.
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