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Thin Lincoln penny

Hush2025Hush2025 Posts: 15 ✭
edited September 3, 2025 6:47AM in Q & A Forum

Hello everybody
I have thin Lincoln penny. Is it real?
Any thoughts

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    Hush2025Hush2025 Posts: 15 ✭



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    IkesTIkesT Posts: 4,282 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Real and heavily corroded by acid.

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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 39,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    acid

    how does it compare to the size of a dime?

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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 39,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    the fun ones were the same size as a dime back in the day

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    ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,345 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What’s it weigh?

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    david3142david3142 Posts: 3,686 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hush2025 said:

    That’s a nickel. However, it seems unlikely to be struck on a dime planchet because it isn’t silver in color, it’s copper. I’m not sure how it could have corroded such that the planchet would be noticeably thinner but maintain that much detail though.

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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 39,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    a dime is 2.268 grams

    is it anything close?

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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 39,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @david3142 said:
    That’s a nickel. However, it seems unlikely to be struck on a dime planchet because it isn’t silver in color, it’s copper. I’m not sure how it could have corroded such that the planchet would be noticeably thinner but maintain that much detail though.

    i satisfied myself with the thought of dilute acid

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    Coins3675Coins3675 Posts: 1,075 ✭✭✭✭

    That is cool how small it is.

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    Hush2025Hush2025 Posts: 15 ✭

    @MsMorrisine said:
    a dime is 2.268 grams

    is it anything close?

    Much less for sure

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    SomebodySomebody Posts: 10 ✭

    Yeah, it's definitely been laying in some kind of acidic solution.

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    dcarrdcarr Posts: 10,050 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nitric acid will do that.

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 41,248 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @david3142 said:

    @Hush2025 said:

    That’s a nickel. However, it seems unlikely to be struck on a dime planchet because it isn’t silver in color, it’s copper. I’m not sure how it could have corroded such that the planchet would be noticeably thinner but maintain that much detail though.

    Acid. I've done it dozens of times

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    Hush2025Hush2025 Posts: 15 ✭

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @david3142 said:

    @Hush2025 said:

    That’s a nickel. However, it seems unlikely to be struck on a dime planchet because it isn’t silver in color, it’s copper. I’m not sure how it could have corroded such that the planchet would be noticeably thinner but maintain that much detail though.

    Acid. I've done it dozens of times

    Do you have some pics of yours penny after acid

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    World67World67 Posts: 13,088 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hush2025 said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @david3142 said:

    @Hush2025 said:

    That’s a nickel. However, it seems unlikely to be struck on a dime planchet because it isn’t silver in color, it’s copper. I’m not sure how it could have corroded such that the planchet would be noticeably thinner but maintain that much detail though.

    Acid. I've done it dozens of times

    Do you have some pics of yours penny after acid

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    Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,409 ✭✭✭✭✭

    www.Capturedlightening.com is a coin shrinking process that could create this effect. Peace Roy

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