Weirdness in a 1994-S Silver Proof Set
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UtahCoin
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I pulled a 94-S Silver Proof set out this morning and found this horrible looking environmental damage growing on both sides of the cent.
I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
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Was it stored in a damp area?
Sorry, But it makes a great teaching coin. I gave a Proof Set with environmentally damaged coins to a woman teaching my conservation class (for her future students) and I've always regretted it.
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That is scary. More than just humidity, that set must have spent some time in the water,
Why is the cent silver?
I could be wrong, but that looks like an after market plated set. What you see is the copper/zinc coin corroding through the plating.
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It's an original coin, I just had to tweak it to get the green to show. It was in an auction that I recently won. Don't really know how or where it was stored.
Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
Wow...the classic example of the 'creeping crud'.....There were antibiotics for that in the Navy
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I'm confused. So that coin is actually copper colored? Could we see an undoctored picture of the coin and holder?
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Looks like DDO printing on the card it's in................hehe
Steve
Here you go.
Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
@UtahCoin, IMO, your original image was just fine. The coin looked pink with dark green corrosion. I wanted to pull your chain and make a joke about needing to see the edge and the reverse but decided to play nice.
I've seen that before, they are beyond ruined!
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This is why I would never buy Red copper. Just the littlest thing. I think most people think that Mint packaging and slabs are sealed completely and waterproof. This should disprove that.
At least the packaging in the mid-90's was better than the late-60's to late-70's.
that kennedy looks great. I woulds break the other coins out and call it done.
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The purple holders from the Mint sometimes exhibit the same thing, unfortunately.
Pete
What a rush it must have been when your eyes seen that.
Oh boy !!!
FSHO. 1994-S Silver Proof Set. Monster green toning on the Cent.
Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
I have had that happen to sets before.
Toast.
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Nasty, nasty, nasty. Someone at the mint had an upper respiratory infection and sneezed on the set before closing the slab. Peace Roy
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