Dremel job or struck thru grease ?

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by Martha Lynn, Feb 28, 2020.

  1. Martha Lynn

    Martha Lynn Well-Known Member

    Any thoughts on this 1997 D lmc ? What the heck happened here ? WIN_20200228_17_53_19_Pro.jpg WIN_20200228_17_51_59_Pro.jpg WIN_20200228_17_50_49_Pro.jpg WIN_20200228_17_50_27_Pro.jpg
     
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  3. Terry Chester

    Terry Chester New Member

    Due to the scratches, I see where. “ We Trus” was I would say Dremel job.
     
  4. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Naw. That's a greaser. Nice one :)
     
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  5. Martha Lynn

    Martha Lynn Well-Known Member

    Wow ! I was a hopin to hear that FF02 . Two years of crh and nothing yet.
    I was needing an inspirational find to keep me plodding along. Even if it is just a greaser. THnx………….martha
     
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  6. alurid

    alurid Well-Known Member

    The OP's coin is a zinc cent. A Dremel used to remove any of the design features would expose the zinc core. The noticeable scratches are most likely from an attempt to clean the die of debris stuck to it and in it.
     
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  7. alurid

    alurid Well-Known Member

    Also note how some of details of Abe's hair are missing.
     
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  8. Martha Lynn

    Martha Lynn Well-Known Member

    Yea, how bout that.
     
  9. Terry Chester

    Terry Chester New Member

    I was hopin I was wrong, I learned something to, thanks
     
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  10. Kevin Mader

    Kevin Mader Fellow Coin Enthusiast Supporter

    Our fellow enthusiasts offered good comment and observations. Always consider how something is ‘made’. It’ll help you to form a hypothesis to test.
     
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  11. Clawcoins

    Clawcoins Damaging Coins Daily

    top of the head is flattened too with marks in the same direction as the WE TRUST
     
  12. Terry Chester

    Terry Chester New Member

    A wise man taught me to never be afraid to admit if your wrong and be darn sure to learn a lesson. I noticed the top of the head but because of the marks and having seen very similar marks on a piece of metal assumed it was from rotary tool. Lesson learned, other ways for those types of marks to have been made.
     
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  13. Clawcoins

    Clawcoins Damaging Coins Daily

    Most metal burnishing marks are not from rotary tools.
     
  14. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Technically, yes. I think it's pretty cool tbh. I'm not sure how much value, if any, it would have though.
     
  15. Clawcoins

    Clawcoins Damaging Coins Daily

    for instance,
    here is a zincoln. after about 30 seconds of quickie burnishing I was able to smooth some of it out. I initially used a small flat burnisher of which I was hitting the head (you can see some of it flattened), so I went to a rounded burnisher to get above the head, gain more control but takes more time ... just a few seconds to show it. The burnisher was dirty .. so it transferred some to the coin .. just pretend it's not dirty.

    I used a brass burnisher as a steel one would scratch it more.
    If I spent more time on it I could smooth it out more and more of it out.
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