1952 Penny Questions 0

[Mkioane]

This coin has such a high gloss color to it and is not the same copper color any of my other coins. Has anybody ever seen anything like it, or can tell me why this coin looks like this? I tried researching and did not find anything. Thanks in advance!

[JKK]

Looks like it's been plated with something. It wasn't born that way; I've seen a few over the years. It is worth its melt value, which is more than one cent, but not that much more. The most common plating activity is cheap attempts to restore 1943 cents to a superficially beautiful-looking condition, or to make 44s look like 43s, or 43s like 44s. In this case, it was probably a high school science project.

[Greenstang]

Welcome to the Forum.

I agree.  Been plated with something.  You can see on the rims where it is starting to wear off. We see a fair number of these on here and other forums. Probably High School chemistry experiment. As it happened after the coin was struck, it would actually be classed as damage.

Edited January 29, 2020 by Greenstang

[Mkioane]

Thank you both for responding. I was wondering if it could have been played but wondered why someone would go through the trouble. I did weigh it when I found it and it weighs about the same as the others from that period.

[slk4coins]

Is there some doubling or would you say die worn on this coin?

[Just Bob]

16 hours ago, slk4coins said:

Is there some doubling or would you say die worn on this coin?

With it having been plated with an unknown metal, it is hard to tell. There does look like some die deterioration, but it could just look that way due to the plate job. Regardless, any numismatic value it may have had has been destroyed.

 

Hmm. I am not sure I have ever typed a sentence with the words "have had has" strung together like that.

Edited January 30, 2020 by Just Bob
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[asdfgh]

Back when I didn't know any better I would put mercury on pennies. Looks just like that. I didn't die so i guess I just lost a few brain cells.

[charactermeant1]

I randomly found this thread and must say that it's probably some experiment for school. I did the same one recently and got such a result. Honestly, I'm not good at chemistry so I often use this source https://essays.studymoose.com/pay-for-papers to get help with some writing tasks. But the guys above were right and I even may try to find some way to remove it if you still need it.

Edited October 31, 2022 by charactermeant1

[VKurtB]

On 1/29/2020 at 3:18 PM, Mkioane said:

but wondered why someone would go through the trouble

Never underestimate the power of boredom. 

[VKurtB]

On 1/31/2020 at 4:30 PM, asdfgh said:

Back when I didn't know any better I would put mercury on pennies. Looks just like that. I didn't die so i guess I just lost a few brain cells.

We played with vials of mercury all the time and we have no dain bramage. 

[RWB]

Ordinary cent, possibly plated, then polished. No collector value.