Found this one in my collection. What do you think it would grade? I'm not sending it to be graded, but wanted to hear your thoughts. What looks to be a rim ding on the reverse is not, just a little discoloring. Thanks.
looks very nice.. unsure how distracting the reverse nick on the left wheat is in hand, but it could hold it back to 65... at least I've seen similar 'very nice' 67'ish cents held to 65 for a prominent hit before... nice cent.
that coloring is throwing me off (as if it was a sciencxe project) and I would think it would not be graded by a grading company (i am colorblind and looks like a 43 Wheat from what I can see). If I had to grade it, w/ the wear and scratches I see, it imho it would great an MS60. Now look at that "S"...it looks like an RPM, but I could be wrong.
That's why I posted it, something looks wrong with the mintmark, Shoewrecky, the coin is actually bright red with mirrors on the coin so it was reflecting different colors. These pics were just clear.
It's looks like 1955S-1MM-005 [SIZE=-1] from what I can see...I could be wrong. here's a link: http://www.coppercoins.com/diesearch.php?date=1955&date1=1955&thistype=rdodmmom&page=2[/SIZE]
MS-63 baked This is what happens when you heat a cent. Tin has a substantially lower melting point than copper or zinc and it comes to the surface when heated. Once the coin cools, it gives it a silvery appearance. An easy experiment for anyone to perform. Just toss a cent on a hot range top and watch what happens.
Although he did say that the color distortion was a result of the camera lights when he took the photo, this is a very interesting piece of information, thank you for posting it I never knew the effects of 'baking' a penny
Simple experiment, here's one I took pics of. I made an electric burner red hot, put the coin on for about a minute or so and took it off. After it cooled this is the result.
I should also add that the coin had a lot of carbon spots on it. They were vaporized by the process. This is the ONLY way I know of to remove carbon spots....at the expense of ruining the coin however.
Looks like this eBay seller does the same thing. Item:140493582461 Note he has 50-100 of these with the same "monster toning".
