How to identify a Canadian Penny with the date rubbed away

[mikebourgeois]

Hi all...

I have a Canadian Penny in worn condition. The date is scrubbed off by contact with another coin I think. I'm pretty sure it's not worth anything more than a Penny and I'm not really looking for value. What I want is for someone to give me a good method to perhaps find out what the date is on the thing so I'll know. Apologies for the picture quality but all I have for use is my cell phone and it's not really up to doing high def kinda shots.

Anyways... can anyone suggest how I might either enhance or recover the scrubbed area? I've read about inking it and trying to do a charcoal rub... I'm really not sure if either would work so I'll leave it up to those who know more than me.

thanks,
Mike

 

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[huntsman53]

It appears that the coin is 12 sided and if so, that places it anywhere from 1982 to 1996. It is possible that a weakened composition of Nic-A-Date might remove some the lesser compressed Fields metal from the coin to reveal the heavier compressed digits of the Date as is done with Buffalo Nickels. However, Nic-A-Date may act very fast on a Bronze coin compared to a primary Nickel composition coin, so be ready with water and Acetone to stop the chemical reaction before it does too much damage.