Very corroded coin!

mikie2084 · Aug 13, 2011

I found a coin today thats the same size as a penny, its so corroded I cant see any detail at all. Its in olive oil rite now to maybe loosen some of the corrosion. This site has produced wheats in the teens, a 1910-V nickel, 8 mercs, 3 buffalos, one a 1913 type 1, and a silver quarter. The problem I have is no other wheats have been this bad, so im thinking it might be older. How can I clean this and what could it be?

Thanks

Mike

Bonesquat · Aug 13, 2011

Sounds like a zincoln.

mikie2084 · Aug 13, 2011

I thought about that but ive found pennies ranging from 1910-2010 and no other coin is this bad. Its like it has growths on it, so I thought maybe just maybe its older!

FelixtheCat · Aug 13, 2011

These are some of my 2008 "reject" pennies that also had "growths" on them. This is how wonderful I got them to look after hours of tumbling! These z-Lincs I have also noticed start getting lower VDI numbers the worse they are.

kireta · Aug 13, 2011

With coins being made of metal like these, in thirty years or so they will all melt and no more coin shooting!! :shock:

PhotoRob06 · Aug 13, 2011

FelixtheCat said:
These are some of my 2008 "reject" pennies that also had "growths" on them. This is how wonderful I got them to look after hours of tumbling! These z-Lincs I have also noticed start getting lower VDI numbers the worse they are.

Who would clip all those zincolns just to make a buck? :lol:

Thatsit · Aug 13, 2011

FelixtheCat said:
These are some of my 2008 "reject" pennies that also had "growths" on them. This is how wonderful I got them to look after hours of tumbling! These z-Lincs I have also noticed start getting lower VDI numbers the worse they are.

those are some knarwly pennies....but i have a bunch too.....

coinMD64 · Aug 14, 2011

1 out of my 5 coins

Hey I found a Zincoln yesterday along with 4 other coins at a local school. I hates to see many junk Lincolns when seeing the fellow MDers finding those ugly zinc pennies. Bad decision by our US Mint to make copper-plated zinc pennies back in 1982 in order to save money by not buying full copper blanks. I knew this fact as a numismatist(coin collector). It sucks to find a junk penny like this!!!

hssea · Aug 14, 2011

I've got a lot of those pennies !!! Are banks required by law to buy them back ??

mws_1984 · Aug 15, 2011

That one where its like almost exactly half a penny is the best. Nice straight line to it also.

FelixtheCat · Aug 15, 2011

mws_1984 said:
That one where its like almost exactly half a penny is the best. Nice straight line to it also.

That one was probably a nice lawn mower job!

Very corroded coin!

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