Coating coming off of penny????

[Acagedrebel]

I run across this penny today the coating looks like it’s coming off any idea Help please

 

[Swaveab]

There is no coating on wheat pennies. Most likely the coin was exposed to a chemical that wiped away some of the grime.

 

[creskol]

What color is the coating? Looks kinds silverish in the photo. Just wondering if somebody tried to silver-plate it at one time, or was goofing around with electroplating?

 

[galenrog]

Any coating present on your penny would be applied post mint. The reverse obviously has some sort of grime or coating that has been partly removed or worn away. The coating could be environmental, deliberate, or accidental. In any case, it happened. The intervening years of circulation has caused it to wear off to some degree. Nothing special here. Anyone who handles thousands of coins a month will see several every year.

Time for more coffee.

 

[Anduril]

Coronavirus?

Hey, just doing my part to feed the hysteria.

 

[cudamark]

What does the "coating" pieces look like once they're off the coin? Might just be some clear paint or fingernail polish.

 

[nkellam22]

Maybe there was a piece of gum or something touching the shiny area of the penny for a very long time and it was recently removed leaving it how it was before.

 

[trdking]

I have seen the gum on a penny before and when removed the place was shiny. If you are able to remove more of a coating it was probably sprayed with clear enamel or lacquer I sprayed my pennies to keep them shiny as a kid. So they would be worthless to collectors when they got old!! I also polished all my coins with silver polish, also a very bright move

 

[Acagedrebel]

I can’t get any of the coating to come off it looks you could as it looks raised on the edges of it but a simple scraping would not do it . The coating is the color of copper ..

 

[l.cutler]

Looks like it was glued to something at some point.

 

[PetesPockets55]

I agree with lcutler.
Frugal collectors use to glue them onto cardboard instead of spending $ on a cardboard book. A soak in acetone will probably remove it. The glue would keep the copper from oxidizing or picking up grime like the rest of the coin.

 

[creskol]

Take a look at this site .. scroll down to the penny that looks cracked up and read the little blurb below it.

https://gramho.com/explore-hashtag/laminationerror

It does make you wonder if ....

 

[Acagedrebel]

I have cleaned it and still the same none of it will come off

 

[Swaveab]

I have cleaned it and still the same none of it will come off

It's not worth worrying about it as it will only be worth a penny.