found this penny looks like lamination problems to me .but I sure don't know for sure .the reverse of the penny looks like it has been outlined in silver . probably doesn't mean much but just thought it was pretty neat looking any thoughts keep it or toss it ?
Hi.. listen carefully You have in your possession a Copper Plated Zinc Cent... Your Cent has a split plating issue that exposed the Zinc. What you are seeing is the Zinc under the Copper Plating.. There is NO silver at all on your Copper Plated Zinc Cent!
thanks I didn't think it was silver I just havnt seen any thing like it before and thought it was kind of neat also didn't know if it was worth keeping or not
don't mean to bother any one I have seen this before also but not as completely surrounded like it had been traced . when you magnify it just sparkles. and your right I haven't searched thousand of rolls but I have looked at a few and knew that this one was different . I hope to have some knowledge after awhile but until thin ill try and no bother you thank you for your response.
Welcome to Coin Talk! Keep searching and have fun. I would keep it as it looks interesting. Just something different to look at that only costs a cent.lol
thank you it is fun and if falls apart I will have enjoyed it for a while . pretty cheap fun lol.thanks again
I believe most or much of the color shift is chromatic aberration of the highly magnified image. If your magnifier is not an apochromat ( usually 3 lens elements in while magnifier) you will get this , especially with bright light. That is why the best type is a triplet apochromat lens. The same occurs with inexpensive telescope lens. Difference between a $100 achromat and a $1000 apochromat refractor. Jim
I think I can help here. Apochromat Refractor [definition] – a key component that, when used in conjunction with the Flux Capacitor, can enable one to travel back in time to collect the finest of the finest mint state coins, error coins, and varieties Too long of an explanation…well, that’s like the difference between being brutally devoured by a dinosaur and Scrooge McDuckin’ it in your own personal vault of coins Anyways I hope this helps, for more information please visit error-ref.com...Jk lolololol
Assuming ( always a problem) you know what a prism is and how it can separate light into a color spectrum, a single lens element magnifier has a prism effect and the more curvature ( higher power), the more the color bands surround objects observed. Higher quality magnifiers have 2 lens elements and the second one is shaped to push the colors back into alighment without distorting the magnified image , this is a Achromat or doublet magnifier ( cheap telescopes, binoculars, telescopes, etc. To totally correct the color distortion, 2 or more extra pieces are added to the lens ( Triplet) and is called Apochromatic ( near 100% accurate color) , Best but more expensive ~ difference between a $3 magnifier and a $30-50 magnifier. Bright, close up lighting tends to produce brighter bands of difference color around objects with a single element magnifier ( Sherlock Holmes type). Hope this helps. Two days left to teach in my daily Microbiology class so I apologize for the previous wording . Jim
