The worst cent I have ever received

gumby1234

Got this in change. Looks like an experiment by emerald.

OAKSTAR

@gumby1234 said:
Got this in change. Looks like an experiment by emerald.

lermish

Is that a 55 DDO or a 09-S VDB?

gumby1234

Obv pic was horrible here's a better one.

gumby1234

@lermish It could be one of those 1792

silverpop

i have gotten the ones that someone took a sharp tool to and defaced them or ones that look like someone was hungry and munched on the coin

rhedden

Posting this coin here is like posting roadkill on a wildlife photography forum.

gumby1234

@rhedden Its worse than roadkill

CoffeeTime

Looks like my sons science experiment with a coin.

OAKSTAR

Hurry up and spend it before it blows away! 😂 🤣

JMS1223

I have seen worse with the zinc cents. I pick them up off the street sometimes and they are completely scraped off like a train ran over them. You can’t make out any details but can tell it’s a cent by the size and part of the copper plating showing.

They are actually no longer redeemable as I had a few I tried to spend and they wouldn’t take them saying that they wouldn’t fit in a coin roll and machine will reject it due to rough edges. No big deal as it was only three cents but still interesting the damage was so bad it made them no longer legal tender.

This is an example of what one looked like. NOT my photo. Found on google images to illustrate my example.

Abehunter

Got a 1930 s today from bank roll,front great ,back looks like that coin

jesbroken

@gumby1234 said:
Obv pic was horrible here's a better one.

Oh better pic, now I see that it's a 1980 DDO. Great luck.
Jim

messydesk

@JMS1223 said:
I have seen worse with the zinc cents. I pick them up off the street sometimes and they are completely scraped off like a train ran over them. You can’t make out any details but can tell it’s a cent by the size and part of the copper plating showing.

They are actually no longer redeemable as I had a few I tried to spend and they wouldn’t take them saying that they wouldn’t fit in a coin roll and machine will reject it due to rough edges. No big deal as it was only three cents but still interesting the damage was so bad it made them no longer legal tender.

This is an example of what one looked like. NOT my photo. Found on google images to illustrate my example.

Looks like a late Monet.

gumby1234

@messydesk more like a Picasso.

Downtown1974

Looks like a metal detecting find.

davewesen

I had one like that I found under a muddy floormat in my pickup.

Hydrant

Gumbo, do you live on or near the Gulf Coast?..... Anywhere between Houston, Texas and Miami Florida?...... That's a common looking penny around there. Just asking.

lilolme

Ah the perfect thread for:
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291fifth

It looks like a rare error to me!

gumby1234

@Hydrant no Im in Boston. I did visit the Gulf coast thou. My dad lives in Florida.

oih82w8

I see several corroded zincolns in the register tills and I put them in the deposit drop envelopes. Hopefully the banks dispose of them properly.

JohnThePainter

A frequent question on metal detecting forums is “what to do with crusty zincolns”. My answer is to put them in your trash pouch with the rest of the junk for the garbage can. But some of these cheap, stupid SOB’s will sneak them into coin rolls and take them to a bank. They also will take the dirty clad coins they find and drop them in vending machines and then hit the coin return button, which drops a different coin back. Would be bad enough if they had actually bought something with them and supported the poor vendor but instead they just make their problem his problem. Hope I never become that desperate for 35 cents.

Pennies in this condition should be tossed in the trash can.

pocketpiececommems

johnthepainter I think that maybe this isn't the forum to be using your trash talk and name calling.

emeraldATV

Now this is the show and I'll tell ya what
Remember the scene in Jaws 1 ?
"I got that beat"
Broke my heart at a glance.

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"We are", quality control.

JohnThePainter

OP said they got the coin in their change and I was merely sharing one of the ways this happens. What I said hardly rises to the level of trash talk and name calling but if I somehow hurt your feelings I’m sorry. I guess.

@pocketpiececommems said:
johnthepainter I think that maybe this isn't the forum to be using your trash talk and name calling.

gumby1234

@JohnThePainter I think that was a play on words by the other poster meant to be funny.

Namvet69

Gotta be ready for dat double entendre! Peace Roy

JBK

@emeraldATV said:
Now this is the show and I'll tell ya what
Remember the scene in Jaws 1 ?
"I got that beat"

Which scene in "Jaws 1"? 🤔

By coincidence I watched it recently, although it was originally just called "Jaws".

emeraldATV

When , at night , they bonded so to say, by showing their scars with a personal description added.

JBK

@emeraldATV said:
When , at night , they bonded so to say, by showing their scars with a personal description added.

Ah, yes. I remember it well.

It was a good history lesson for the kids when Quint talked about being on the USS Indianapolis.

Cranium_Basher73

I froze a zinc cent in liquid nitrogen over 20 years ago when I was in the navy. I then hit it with a hammer. Just a love tap, not like I was hitting a nail or bellowing like some Norse god. It just shattered and crumbled.

lkenefic

Looks like we've moved from hunting parking lots to hunting in garbage disposals! Wow, that's beat up! Impressive! ;-)

dunkleosteus430

Here's a Zincoln I found recently. It was scraped, and there are now patches of purple, red and green crystals growing on it... It actually sparkles, but that doesn't show in the photos.

CoinHoarder

Sometimes I scrape cents that look like these out of the coin star. I spend them on my next purchase. Never a problem. Most cashiers don’t even give them a second look.

JohnThePainter

Well in that case I’m glad I didn’t say ‘eat my shorts dude’ 😂. I’ve only been around here a bit more than a week and wasn’t sure yet if you fellas had a funny bone or not.

@gumby1234 said:
@JohnThePainter I think that was a play on words by the other poster meant to be funny.

OAKSTAR

Obverse:

OAKSTAR

Reverse:

johnny9434

@lermish said:
Is that a 55 DDO or a 09-S VDB?

14 d

privatecoin

Should polish out.....

PerryHall

I'm surprised we haven't seen any cents with added mint marks. It doesn't get worse than that.

Stingray63

Luv this thread. Other than a flat cent off the railroad tracks where you can barely make out the Memorial reverse, haven't seen such lovely pennies before.

Treashunt

Parking lot coin, I have lots of them

gumby1234

@Treashunt Worse than parking lot finds. I could probably snap it in half with my fingers.

Jzyskowski1

Here’s one I like.
Probably just a dryer coin but kinda cool 😉🦫🙀

PerryHall

@Jzyskowski1 said:
Here’s one I like.
Probably just a dryer coin but kinda cool 😉🦫🙀

Artificial wear. Someone rubbed it on a piece of sandpaper or a sidewalk.

silverpop

looks like some coins i get back in change sometimes

Snaps

@Jzyskowski1 If you need a washing machine coin to go with your dryer coin, I found this one in the washing machine. I know it's not a matching set, but it is a newer model. Your in luck because we are having a scratch and dent sale this month.