Just what is this 'thing'?

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Hard to tell, but its not an "unclad" dime planchet.

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Bernhard Rich wrote:

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It's an "acid cent". Some saps decided to soak a ton of these in some
kind of acid and it eats at the surfaces evenly making the coin smaller
in diameter and thinner ... all while keeping the design intact.
NOT a mint error ;(

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Jason is quite correct. I hear tell that phosphoric acid is a favorite bath
solution.

Subject: Just what is this 'thing'?
From: Craton "\"IDON'T
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It's an "acid cent". Some saps decided to soak a ton of these in some
kind of acid and it eats at the surfaces evenly making the coin smaller
in diameter and thinner ... all while keeping the design intact.
NOT a mint error ;(

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Hard to tell, but its not an "unclad" dime planchet.


Especially with the date being 1964!

From: "Bob Peterson"

Hard to tell, but its not an "unclad" dime planchet.

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heh. there weren't any "clad" coins in 1964 ...

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From: Craton

It's an "acid cent". Some saps decided to soak these in some kind of acid and
it eats at the surfaces evenly making the coin smaller in diameter and thinner
.... all while keeping the design intact.

Note that this Cent is bronze. For Cents after 1982, you can remove the copper
coatting (leaving just the zinc core) with a simple Tarn-X bath session; this
is why most "missing outter coatting error Cents" are suspect as an altered
pseudo-error.

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Coin Saver

ojunk wrote:

for Cents after 1982, you can remove the copper
coatting (leaving just the zinc core) with a simple Tarn-X bath session

Just how long should this "bath session" last?

I've had a 2003 Lincoln cent sitting in undiluted Tarn-X for two hours and
nothing has happened. I'll update tomorrow.


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From: flip1948

Just how long should this "bath session" last?

I removed the copper coatting of three Cent coins in two dippings; eachwas a
few hours, and I occasionally "swished" the little basket.

footnote: after removing the copper, if you "dip" a silver coin in the tainted
solution, some interesting toning occurs.

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Coin Saver

ojunk (Coin Saver) wrote:

From: flip1948

Just how long should this "bath session" last?

I removed the copper coatting of three Cent coins in two dippings; eachwas a
few hours, and I occasionally "swished" the little basket.

footnote: after removing the copper, if you "dip" a silver coin in the
tainted
solution, some interesting toning occurs.

Mine's been in about 16 hours now....a little discoloration, but the copper
remains.


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