Help me with this penny! Lincoln Wheat Very Very Thin!

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by BigTee44, Mar 7, 2013.

  1. BigTee44

    BigTee44 Well-Known Member

    Got this today, don't know what it is, details on these pictures are poor but its a Lincoln Wheat on a very very thin copper looking round? Any ideas? The picture of the sides the coin on the right is this coin, a standard wheat on the left.


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  3. ziggy9

    ziggy9 *NEC SPERNO NEC TIMEO*

    it has been soaked in acid, probably for a school science experiment
     
  4. jloring

    jloring Senior Citizen

  5. BigTee44

    BigTee44 Well-Known Member

    Very weird acid did that. Thanks everyone!
     
  6. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    The acid attacks the whole surface fairly evenly so the details remain visible even as it gets thinner and thinner. it does get smaller in diameter as well though so eventually the rims do disappear and it gets into the tops of the lettering around the rim.
     
  7. sergeant

    sergeant Not a Member

    What idiot would do that!!?
     
  8. ziggy9

    ziggy9 *NEC SPERNO NEC TIMEO*

    I believe I stated that one of the causes of this is a school experiment showing the effect of acid on copper. This coin may have been sacrificed in the name of science.
     
  9. jloring

    jloring Senior Citizen

    Let's put it this way... I've soaked Lincoln cents in acid, coated them with mercury, had 'em flatten by a train, metal stamped them, shot 'em with a .22, cut them in half, squeezed two together in a vice, painted them and otherwise destroyed them. Guess I'm an idiot. :smile
     
  10. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    All to the same coin!!? Pictures please :)
     
  11. jloring

    jloring Senior Citizen

    That would be interesting.:smile But different coins at different times over the past sixty years or so... I've probably destroyed close to a hundred Lincoln cents. It's a wonder I can sleep at night. :rolleyes:
     
  12. ziggy9

    ziggy9 *NEC SPERNO NEC TIMEO*

    WOW out almost a WHOLE buck!!! talk about living life on the edge !!!! :} :} ;}
     
  13. jloring

    jloring Senior Citizen

    Yep... it's definitely a financial burden. Destroying Lincoln cents is a nasty job, but someone has to do it.
     
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