Scratching my head on these two wheats.
Gmiller2929
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Hello everybody new to writing a post, but I’ve been using site to educate myself for a long time. My granddaughter was helping me go through my un-searched wheat pennies and she came across one that I thought was PMD, and I had her put it into the coin sleeve with the others. Then about 4 months later I found one and thought she put it back in the un-searched pile. I thought I watched her put it into the PMD sleeve with the others. So I checked and there are two of these. I couldn’t believe the odds of that being the same damage. One is a 1956 and other a 1958-D both having reverse damage or an error. Hoping someone could help shed light on these two.
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Welcome to the forum.
If you’ve been using this site to educate yourself, I’m surprised you didn’t know that without pictures, it’s nearly impossible for people to provide meaningful feedback.😉
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Without photos this will be impossible to give a reasonable answer. Realistically your chance of having two identical errors of different dates from change finds is small. But photos are required.
Well I loaded 4 photos, so I’m not sure what happened. Sorry guys and girls!
I’m not sure where those photos went. They might pop up somewhere on here later, I live in the middle of nowhere and have problems getting a good signal sometimes. Sorry again!
They are not identical, they are similar, big difference.
It looks like there is some type of substance on the cents.
They are damaged, not an error.
Those were once glued onto something and have the glue residue still on the reverse.
Looks like the cents that sat in the cup holder of my car for a couple years. Coffee and dirt built up on them it was gross.
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It looks like it's coated with asphalt from a Walmart parking lot.
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Ok, I appreciate everyone’s expertise. I have been collecting for 50 years and I haven’t seen any errors that would cause this, and it appears they might have been glued to something together, because they are so similar. These came from my dad’s collection that I have had for 3 years now. I’m just now feeling like going through them to catalog and organize. It’s possible he knew their history, I’m not sure. Again thanks again!
Some kids (not me) would glue them into folders like this back in the 60's. I only scotch taped them in! 😂 🤣
Give your coins an acetone bath. I bet that stuff will come off.
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Ok, I’ve never used acetone on any coins, it will be worth a try. I have found most of my coins metal detecting and have use just mild soap and water. And rinsed in distilled water. Thanks I will let you know how it turns out.
Agree, it's glue.
Great. Post pictures of the results when you're done.
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@Gmiller2929.... Welcome aboard. Yes, it is glue, and yes, acetone will remove it without harming the coin/metal. Show us the results when done. Cheers, RickO
Many common types of glue come off more easily with water than acetone. The standard white Elmers-type glue is a good example.