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Rust running through a Large cent? WHY?

PalukaPaluka Posts: 68
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Why would a straight line of rust be running through a copper coin? Could it be from a die, or just copper contaminated with iron?

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    Coin FinderCoin Finder Posts: 6,956 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If it is red, it is probably raised corrsion, not rust. No iron in copper cents. It may have sat against something in the ground I suppose, and it was found by a metal detector.

    Could have been paper cliped to something in damp storage as well.

    Tbig
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    PalukaPaluka Posts: 68
    yes it is raisedimage But it sure looks like rustimage
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    Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    sounds almost like a big die crack.

    No pics?

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