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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 463277, member: 15445&quot;]<b>Where did you learn of this penny experiment?</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"><b>Thanks for the data!</b>&nbsp; The die was so harshly dressed that the coin almost looked like it was struck through cloth or that someone had painted the yellow color onto the coin with a paint brush.&nbsp; On close examination, it is obvious that the die had been assaulted by wire brush or file before the coin was struck.&nbsp; In combination with the yellow color, it certainly was confusing to me.&nbsp; Now that you say there is a simple chemical process to turn a cent this color, it all begins to make some sense.&nbsp; Someone may have just started the process with a cr#@py looking Copper plated Zinc Lincoln Cent and then processed it with the drain cleaner &amp; fire.&nbsp; I wonder if this is in the curriculum as a School chemistry experiment somewhere.&nbsp; (Where did you learn of this experiment?)&nbsp; The cents that the students alter could easily find their way back into circulation.&nbsp; &nbsp; </font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Very best regards,</font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">collect89&nbsp; </font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">P.S. Of course finding it along with a couple gold colored Bahamas coins certainly didn&#039;t help matters. </font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"></font></span> [/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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