Not sure what's with this penny

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by Juggalo, Nov 6, 2019.

  1. Juggalo

    Juggalo Active Member

    Found this 1995 D penny copper peeling off weird stuff forming on it (not sure if that's the zinc reacting to something) but whatever this is it's definitely an odd duck.
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  3. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Crappy Zincoln :yack:

    Environmental Damage. Looks like something acidic affected the copper plating.
     
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  4. Fred Weinberg

    Fred Weinberg Well-Known Member

    smootshum -

    It's corrosion/enviornmental interaction.
     
  5. cpm9ball

    cpm9ball CANNOT RE-MEMBER

    "Smootshum"? What the heck is that, Fred?

    Chris
     
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  6. Evan Saltis

    Evan Saltis OWNER - EBS Numis LLC

    Lick it and tell us if its battery acid! :p
     
  7. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    It's corrosion and environmental damaged. It's a zinc Cent. Need I say more?
     
  8. Fred Weinberg

    Fred Weinberg Well-Known Member

    It's a Yiddish word meaning 'stuff'

    Can be anything that fits under the 'stuff' category.

    ....corrosion on a coin

    ....dried BBQ sauce in your beard
     
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  9. Juggalo

    Juggalo Active Member

    Finally an explanation I can relate to DBS "Dried Beard Sauce". I think zinc's time has long past and they need to go back to the drawing board. Thanks to everyone for the help it was the first time I could actually see the layer of copper pealing off a penny had only seen pictures.
    "Learning something new every day"
     
  10. Mountain Man

    Mountain Man Well-Known Member

    Put it in a glass jar and take a picture of it each day, showing the progress of its self-destruction.
     
  11. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    Once a month would probably be often enough, they don't rot that fast.
     
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