Two Pennies walk into a bar...

I found these two pennies in my box that I thought were so great. I wanted to share because I was thrilled and never saw them before. I know they are not worth much, but what fun I had looking for them.
The first one is I believe to be a 1964 Penny with a broadstrike error, but I'm not sure:


The second one is a 1943 Steele Penny. And yes, boy do I wish it were a 1944. But I thought it was still so cool.

 

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Your "broadstrike" looks really thick, maybe @paddyman98 can comment.

 

The weight of it is 1.64g. Any comments are appreciated.

 

Uh...yeah, A normal 1964 cent should weigh 3.11 g. If it weighs 1.64 g it must be made of some material other than copper! Is yours the one on top in the edge photo? If so, it might be an acid corroded job.

 

Well dang... I wanted to hear the rest of the joke!

 

The coin in question is the thin one on top. It's been etched by acid -- that preserves detail, but makes the coin thinner and eats away from the rim.

 

Mine is on top. I put a regular penny on bottom to show scale.

 

LOL

 

OK, acid etched job. A broadstrike would be BROAD

 

Who does that? LOL

 

Good to know. I'm keeping it and labeling it Acid Etched. You are all amazing. Thank you soooo much.

 

The Cent in question is the thin Cent on top.

I agree to what others have stated.. Acid etched.
Altered Cent. Not a Broadstruck at all.

A Roman walks into a bar.. He holds up 2 fingers and tells the bartender "5 Beers please"

Get it? 2 fingers held up makes the shape of a V.. Like the Roman Numeral for 5

 

Most often, these are the results of a high school chemistry class.

 

The steel cent is a nice roll searching find.

 

You made me laugh. I'm going to have to steal that one. LOL

 

Thank you...I actually found it in a box of coins I have, along with the other one. I've never seen a steel penny in person before, so I was thrilled to research it and learn about it. I had no idea about Acid Etching though... I do really like learning these things from my wonderful friends here.

 

Interesting...did you ever try it?

 

Cute

 

Why not do an experiment for all of us. Get a copper cent from the 1960's (You didn't hear this from me. Hint, post that you cannot find one for your experiment and all of us will send you enough cents ($$$) to fill a box) and put it into a glass of Coke. Let us know what is happening.

 

I did, but not in chemistry class. This isn't my story, but I did independently verify each of the "acts upon" observations at various points in my basement-chemistry career.

https://www.angelo.edu/faculty/kboudrea/demos/copper_HNO3/Cu_HNO3.htm