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What is going on with this cent??

Iampoorman2Iampoorman2 Posts: 207 ✭
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Another coffee can find. This was in my change for the coffee fund. Anyone have any ideas. One half of the cent is a little darker red than the other. The reverse doesn't have the silver line. The details (ie: the hair, and words) are not worn down at all. Very strange.

A 1943 copper Lincoln will still only buy a gumball out of the machine, but you can purchase the machine and the store with that same cent.

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  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Looks like it might be a plating problem. Is the silver-colored area "on top" of the copper plating or is it where the copper ISN'T plated?

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  • medicain19medicain19 Posts: 79
    It looks as if the coin was struck by something and left its mark and some of its color?
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  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    The deformed rim @ 6k leads me to believe it is post mint damage. Looks like it was in contact with something that caused a electrolytic reaction and dissolved the plating.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    Looks like someone used it to wipe off the tip of their solder gun.
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,148 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's two modern half cents put together!!!
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  • shylockshylock Posts: 4,288 ✭✭✭
    Perhaps someone used it to level a file cabinet. Looks like something heavy and metalic caused it to react at the point of impact.
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  • mnmcoinmnmcoin Posts: 2,165 ✭
    Looks like the mint thought about doing another half cent and changed their minds.

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  • BlueColeBlueCole Posts: 365 ✭
    looks like a pizza cutter was run across it.

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