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    weird penny i found at work

    ok, so im sure this bad boy is worth about 1 cent, but found this guy rather interesting...im not even going to guess what is wrong with this coin and leave it to the heavy hitters.


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    has a really weird texture, but if you enlarge the photo you can see a section on the obverse and reverse where coin is "normal". regardless of value, it will be going into my cool collection.

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    Looks like a normal penny to me that's possibly been hit with something similar to a sandpaper surface. Does the coin have sharp edges and reflective surfaces? If so, the coin is probably an (impaired) proof. Interesting find!

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    the edges arent too sharp, and on the penny in the "clean section" looks like it would have a normal buisness strike color

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    Acid job.
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    acid job? So somebody attempted to clean it before

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    More likely a chemistry class experiment or something like that rather than an attempt at cleaning. A strong acid would do something like that.
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by eddiespin Click here to enlarge
    More likely a chemistry class experiment or something like that rather than an attempt at cleaning. A strong acid would do something like that.
    I agree. It wasn't dipped though, due to the center of the obverse not having the pitting. Not sure how they would do that.
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    Also section on reverse doesnt have pitting, just not as much as obverse

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    I believe it chemical damage. Either something got spilled on it or it went through a solvent bath. Possibly intentional, maybe not. Yep, that goes in the "too cool to toss in the coinstar box".

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    Definately acid damage.
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