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USArmyParatrooper Pillar of the Community United States 1283 Posts	Posted 10/20/2006 12:26 am It seems to me that corroded large cents and Half Cents are extremely common. In fact, if you do a search on ebay on pcgs under Large Cents you only get a few results (I just learned they don't slab problem coins). If corrosion is a common as it seems, are light levels generally excepted to some degree? Or does any level of corrosion turn the coin into a dog. BTW, sorry that the vast majority of my posts/threads are questions. I literally know nobody else who collects that I can learn things from. Thanks for all the help. Edited by USArmyParatrooper 10/20/2006 12:27 am Report this Post to the Staff

gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 10/20/2006 01:50 am Corrosion itself is nasty. The main reason why major TPGs do not want to slab such coins is because they do not know what will happen to the coins in the future. Remember, grading companies are somewhat reliable to an extent to be able to guarantee that coins in slabs should not degrade over time, else this will severely ruin their reputation. Take it this way: corrosion is like spilling hydrocholoric acid on your hand. If you don't treat it right away, it will eat away your skin, flesh and eventually your bone if you just left it as it is. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
longnine009 Pillar of the Community United States 1247 Posts	Posted 10/20/2006 6:08 pm I don't know what they consider to be problem coins when it comes to copper. I know they just slabbed a 2003 Lincoln Cent that's graded MS70. That might be a problem (for a MS70) if a few specks of zinc comes through that drive-by copper wash. Copper is not the same with collectors as silver. Copper is unstable and it's expected that there will be things about them that are not acceptable with silver coins but are acceptable with copper. If you want to collect copper coins you just have accept it's nature. Toning, BTW, is in fact corrosion. The coin in your icon is "corroded," but still nice looking. Report this Post to the Staff
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