Environmental damage-- or works of art

Here is a well circulated 1945, pulled it out of my Change jar. It shows very light signs of weathering/oxidation.

 

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Well by now we've all figured it out why these occur. The only thing is left is an explanation from the mint why such a poor quality coin was ever produced. And why they would spend so much money I should say our money. On coin material that does not work for the cent. Just my thoughts for the day USMC60

 

In other words, it spent some time in Washington DC.

 

Came across its cousin thought you'd like to see.

 

I think metal detecting is catching on Not the best find.Not a bad environment.USMC60

 

Starting My spring cleaning a little early. Some of you old-timers may remember this, when gold and silver mines were cleaned out, some unscrupulous people would tried to sell these mines by going in and doing what we used to call salting the mine. They would take gold dust or silver dust and loaded into a shotgun shell and then shoot it into the walls of the mine they were salting. That's what this 1989 reminds me of on the reverse.

 

Here's the dime I believe it to be a 2005- p. This is some kind of chemical damage causing the top layer to disintegrate.USMC60

 

Road rashed 2005 Zincoln

 

Roadkill nice find.

 

Tried toning a zincoln on an electric stove top. Major fail. Also first attempt.

 

Cool!

 

Salterwater -
Copper Plated Zinc Cents corrosion
Found these over the years Metal Detecting..
Why do I keep them? Fascinating!.. and so I won't detect them twice

 

That looks like a micro - black hole was created for .00000000000000001 seconds in the middle of that coin

 

Another road rashed Lincoln. I think this one is a 1972.
Came from a penny roll I'm searching through.

 

LOL I found one when I was like 6 in a parking lot, 1C 1982-Date.

-SC.

 

My young friend I started picking up coins when I was about your age to, I'm 62 and I still pick coins up off the ground. (Nothing wrong with free money) USMC60

 

I find this kind of belief ignorant and annoying. The world of numismatics did NOT end in 1964. The most valuable Washington quarter I own, all based on the same price guide, is a 1965 non-SMS in NGC MS-67.

 

Maybe...Pennsylvania Turnpike.