Home U.S. Coin Forum
Options

Rust running through a Large cent? WHY?

Why would a straight line of rust be running through a copper coin? Could it be from a die, or just copper contaminated with iron?

Comments

  • Options
    If it is red, it is probably raised corrsion, not rust. No iron in copper cents. It may have sat against something in the ground I suppose, and it was found by a metal detector.

    Could have been paper cliped to something in damp storage as well.

    Tbig

    The court jester does not play, but gently pulls the strings…

  • Options
    yes it is raisedimage But it sure looks like rustimage
  • Options
    sounds almost like a big die crack.

    No pics?

Leave a Comment

BoldItalicStrikethroughOrdered listUnordered list
Emoji
Image
Align leftAlign centerAlign rightToggle HTML viewToggle full pageToggle lights
Drop image/file