198? Lincoln

I say take it offline and privately, there's no reason to drag the rest of CT members into this.

 

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I've never seen zinc rot. That's cool thanks for sharing.

 

Detecto - your actions on this forum and eBay are what is giving you a bad reputation.
If your reputation is in tatters, you have only yourself to blame.
Just my 2¢

 

YUP! At least half of the pennies that I've found since I've been detecting have been like that or worse. I've got plenty I can send to other CT members if you want your own example of this numismatic...err...oddity

 

Speaking of Zincolns, you can have a little fun with them by scraping the copper off the edge and allowing the cent to soak in a low acid solution (lemon juice or vinegar will do) for a few months. The zinc will dissolve, leaving two incredibly thin pieces of copper with the obverse and reverse designs undamaged.

 

Looks like someone took a chunk out of it with something, it doesnt look like rotting.

 

I can go do that in my shop in less then a minute.....

 

No, it's not done by someone with something.

This a rot nothing more. The outer layers of copper overhang the inner core of zinc.

 

Interesting