Acid Dip???

This cent was in a roll I went through today. As soon as it hit the desk I knew something was different. This 1977 cent is .92mm thick and 18.36mm in diameter. A normal cent is roughly 1.55mm thick and 19mm in diameter. The photos helped me lean towards acid because in hand other than being extremely light looked like a almost normal cent.

What do you think? Thanks! Darryl

 

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acid, does the surface look like an orange peel? thats my fastest way to tell

 

Not really, the surface looks more like an extremely fine sand blast texture.

 

It looks like acid to me.

 

I would guess based on the photos either a strong acid or a alkaline.

 

This is an effect of an acid dip.

I really am not sure how an alkaline dip would effect a copper cent. That creates another unsafe experiment for me to try

Have Fun,
Bill

 

Hi,

This might create some confusion. Many experts on die and die wear have coined a term called "the orange peel" effect to describe the surface of a coin struck by an extremely worn die.

People shouldn't confuse your usage of the term for a term that has little if anything to do with die wear.

I am not sure who this person is in real life but his/her article posted under this thread is excellent. It is extremely well done and completely accurate. You will see the term "orange peel" used where this person discusses Late Die States. Almost all of us use the term to describe the surface of a late die state coin.

http://www.cointalk.com/t59262/

Thanks,
Bill