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$600 for a reprocessed Steel Cent???

MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,301 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Actually looks like good value!

https://sullivannumismatics.com/coin/pcgs-1c-1943-lincoln-cent-rotated-double-strike-collar-au

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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,408 ✭✭✭✭✭

    (replaced with zinc--something frequently done to rested steel cents.)

    rusted??

    Neat piece - thanks for the link. :+1:

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  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Neat error. Thanks.

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,353 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great looking coin. It's sold now!

    Would be great to have a TrueView for that.

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  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 5,952 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Why is it in a Genuine holder?

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 33,484 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Genuine -> likely due to 2nd plating job

    Which may keep it healthier longer

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  • Sandman70gtSandman70gt Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So...I've got a details environmental damaged 14 d cent and I can just get it replated with new copper? :blush:

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,332 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice error. Too bad nobody noticed it before it went in the goof processor!

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  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:
    Nice error. Too bad nobody noticed it before it went in the goof processor!

    tell me about it.

    i wonder how bad it was before it is as bad as it is now. oof.

    wonderful error. rotated 45 +/- ccw, no?
    .

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  • SamByrdSamByrd Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭✭

    that is one rare critter. so tempting , really cool coin.

  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,416 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You'd probably be the only one on your block to have one of those. Its nice but I'm not that into errors.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I will keep errors I may find... however, I do not seek them out on the market. That one is interesting... almost makes me want to open my roll of '43 steel cents... who knows? I may have a treasure within.... Cheers, RickO

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,332 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @LanceNewmanOCC said:

    @CaptHenway said:
    Nice error. Too bad nobody noticed it before it went in the goof processor!

    tell me about it.

    i wonder how bad it was before it is as bad as it is now. oof.

    wonderful error. rotated 45 +/- ccw, no?
    .

    Looks like roughly 90 degrees. The second strike is rotated clockwise to the first strike.

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  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,698 ✭✭✭✭✭

    cool error

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  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:

    Looks like roughly 90 degrees. The second strike is rotated clockwise to the first strike.

    agreed. was more tired than i thought.
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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:
    Nice error. Too bad nobody noticed it before it went in the goof processor!

    What is the best way to deal with a steel cent error that has two small corrosion spots starting?

  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is a neat coin!

  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting, thank you for sharing !!! :)

    Timbuk3
  • DCWDCW Posts: 7,454 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Resurrected zombie thread

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  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:

    @CaptHenway said:
    Nice error. Too bad nobody noticed it before it went in the goof processor!

    What is the best way to deal with a steel cent error that has two small corrosion spots starting?

    Sell it really quickly.

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 14, 2018 7:23AM

    @mannie gray said:

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:

    @CaptHenway said:
    Nice error. Too bad nobody noticed it before it went in the goof processor!

    What is the best way to deal with a steel cent error that has two small corrosion spots starting?

    Sell it really quickly.

    1943 major error coin with two small corrosion spots .... Best way forward.

    1) leave alone sell as is, corrosion will continue.

    2) reprocess the steel cent and sell as reprocessed

    3) replate reprocessed cent with zinc and sell as a replated steel cent error

    Which is the best option????

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,068 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ok I'll bite, what is a "rested" cent? Did PCGS do the replating as a conservation method? I see that the slab indicates "not gradable" and that means as is to me, so I chose #1. Peace Roy

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 14, 2018 7:34AM

    Seems like #1 is in unacceptable, conservation is needed.

    Leaning towards number 2 but will wait for the experts to chime in, Tom, Fred????

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My reprocessing test on a non-error 1943 steel cent with similar small corrosion spots came out fantastic! Clean BU steel.

    Now should I replate it with zinc or leave as is with a light coat of oil. ????

    NOW, what to do with the erorr?

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,309 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    My reprocessing test on a non-error 1943 steel cent with similar small corrosion spots came out fantastic! Clean BU steel.

    Now should I replate it with zinc or leave as is with a light coat of oil. ????

    NOW, what to do with the erorr?

    Good question.

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @asheland said:

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    My reprocessing test on a non-error 1943 steel cent with similar small corrosion spots came out fantastic! Clean BU steel.

    Now should I replate it with zinc or leave as is with a light coat of oil. ????

    NOW, what to do with the erorr?

    Good question.

    Good Question?

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,332 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 14, 2018 12:14PM

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:

    @mannie gray said:

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:

    @CaptHenway said:
    Nice error. Too bad nobody noticed it before it went in the goof processor!

    What is the best way to deal with a steel cent error that has two small corrosion spots starting?

    Sell it really quickly.

    1943 major error coin with two small corrosion spots .... Best way forward.

    1) leave alone sell as is, corrosion will continue.

    2) reprocess the steel cent and sell as reprocessed

    3) replate reprocessed cent with zinc and sell as a replated steel cent error

    Which is the best option????

    1. Natural is better.
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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,309 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 14, 2018 10:32AM

    @ErrorsOnCoins
    I would wonder the same, (about a coating of oil)

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,550 ✭✭✭✭✭

    cool error but im none to sure about the price though. just saying

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,332 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @johnny9434 said:
    cool error but im none to sure about the price though. just saying

    One year type error. Find another.

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 33,484 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Try storing in a vial of pure kerosene

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  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:

    @mannie gray said:

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:

    @CaptHenway said:
    Nice error. Too bad nobody noticed it before it went in the goof processor!

    What is the best way to deal with a steel cent error that has two small corrosion spots starting?

    Sell it really quickly.

    1943 major error coin with two small corrosion spots .... Best way forward.

    1) leave alone sell as is, corrosion will continue.

    2) reprocess the steel cent and sell as reprocessed

    3) replate reprocessed cent with zinc and sell as a replated steel cent error

    Which is the best option????

    Option 1.

  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great coin. Thanks for the share

    Best place to buy !
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  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,307 ✭✭✭✭✭

    First of all, I also like the coin even though it was messed with. Overpriced in my mind, but OK if someone valued it more.

    Second, back in the late 70s when I worked in a plating lab, I reprocessed about a roll of rusting 43 cents as they were too far gone to be useful. All were circulated.

    What did I do? I stripped the zinc off with hydrochloric acid - takes about 30 seconds. While the surface was clean and active I then plated them with copper in a miniature barrel plater on a lab bench. They came out too shiny so I simply let them sit around to oxidize a bit.

    Then I spent them.

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