Can someone enlighten me what's going on with this cent peice? Kinda looks like it may have zinc in it. I got to weigh it when I get home tonight
Zinc should have a grey look. What ever is on it is damage. You can save it. But there really is no need to put much effort into the WHY.
I tried looking at it close and it doesn't look post. Since it worth nothing I'm gonna put a sharp blade on it to make sure
It's all copper, that's for sure. Not sure what is on the obverse but it's all damage. The coin is only worth face value but it would be a shame to make it worse than it already is. It's our duty as collectors to protect and preserve these coins. We should not do anything that causes more damage just to satisfy our curiosity.
That's why it would be a SHARP blade on the blob. It wouldn't be doing anything to the coin itself if its post. Am I not correct on this?
I understand that I took another photo do you see a 5 and 7. If yes. looks like another coin may have been struck on it. Looks like theres other numbers or letters on it. I'm using a phone camera right now. But I will have a USB by next Saturday probably earlier. Already placed my order.
Die failure on coins from the 50's is pretty common. I believe what you have is "a piece out of the die." Metal literally broke off inside the die cavity of Lincoln's head. This shows up as raised metal on Lincoln's head. The problem is the metal has to come from the same planchette. So this is robbing Peter to pay Paul. Which means there should be diminishment on something near the raised metal and/or in areas that correspond to Lincoln's head on a reverse--the T &E in UNITED.
Very good how you explained that to me. I enjoyed the read. It will probably be on Ebay anyway within the next following couple of weeks. I have so many coins with issues I cant keep up with them all. Trying to learn about this stuff in my off time is hard. This cent peice was just found yesterday. I was posting just about all coins I came across that looked like something was wrong with it. This is daily for me. I haven't even looked at my collection I stopped with 13 years ago. Which consist of all coins from 1800s till 2006. That's gonna be fun thousands to look at. What I have posted may only be worth face value. But I hope someone else sees value in them. I have been told on here I have junk. Well as we all know 1 mans junk may be another mans treasure. 2 cents is better than 1!