Very interesting Lincoln Find....errors galore I believe...your opinions

remainincognito

coppercoins

Environmental damage. The zinc corroded away.

remainincognito

Does not look environmental. Look at the pics. There are many blisters that pop out not in.

Agflyer

I made a Lincoln do that with a blow torch once.

airplanenut

Before I saw CC's response, I was going to say postmint damage. With CC agreeing, I will definitely say postmint damage. Sorry.

remainincognito

And here I thought I found something interesting for once. So worthless in your opinions?

Agflyer

Not worthless. You learned something from it. Maybe this is the beginning of a collection idea like Seanq's clipped cent collection? Learn about Lincoln errors and have fun with them.

Spiffy469

Not Worthless,

Still worth a cent

Jeff

Shamika

<< <i>Not Worthless,

Still worth a cent >>



I disagree. Based on the missing metal, I think it's only worth 95/100 of a cent.

Cameonut

To me it looks like it had a run in with some serious electricity. The "grapes" you see are common when welding processes are not under control.

midwestcoin13

send it to nwih grading service.

seanq

Definitely damaged. It looks like the big bite was taken out first, then corrosion set in. Interestingly enough, copper and zinc form a highly reactive dielectric couple, so in the right conditions a cent with the zinc core exposed will rapidly corrode. I remember when the composition was first introduced, some people predicted that for that reason they would last only a couple of years in circulation.


Sean Reynolds