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Any clues to what happened to this lincoln?

TrooperTrooper Posts: 1,450 ✭
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Here's one I can't figure out......anyone else?
Thanks
Tom

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  • eyoung429eyoung429 Posts: 6,374 ✭
    Is this penny raised on both sides or just on the rev and the obv dished? Hard to tell from the pics....please post one of the edge
    This is a very dumb ass thread. - Laura Sperber - Tuesday January 09, 2007 11:16 AM image

    Hell, I don't need to exercise.....I get enough just pushing my luck.
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dipped in acid. Apparently a very common science experiment in the 1960s was to drop a copper cent into acid and watch it dissolve. From time to time you'll see these passed off on eBay as a 'cent on dime planchet'.


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭
    Sean is correct!

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • ozzysdadozzysdad Posts: 534
    Kinda looks like someone put it on a Bottle-Cap press?
  • TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Kinda looks like someone put it on a Bottle-Cap press? >>


    That's it!! Look at the indentations on the edge of the obverse. Those are bottle cap marks!
    PCGS Currency: HOF 2013, Best Low Ball Set 2009-2014, 2016, 2018. Appreciation Award 2015, Best Showcase 2018, Numerous others.
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cents were often altered back in the 40's to '70's for use as dimes in vending machines.
    Tempus fugit.

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