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Jacko23
Hi my name is Jack. i'm an 18yr old college student and i spend most of my life eating ramen noodles and wondering if the power is going to stay on. i resently met a nice lady and she has some unusual coins she posted them on her message board earlier tonight asking what they are. she promised me that if i can find them a home and get them sold she'll give me 25%. come on please! ramen noodles are getting really old. does anyone know anything about these coins.

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thank you very much,
starving college student
LostDutchman
the cent looks like it has been plated....the coins then were made of copper and didn't have the zinc core....I have seen coins like that quarter before from what I can tell they are post mint damage...
Jacko23
i'm a college student NOT a graduate. lamest terms im a moron.
what are your suggestions?
ccg
unfortunately, it's just a cent and a quarter.
Stujoe
That would be my value estimate too. 26 cents.
50cents
$.26 = 2 packs of ramen noodles drinks.gif
Dan769
yep .26 cents, that's it.
UncleBobo
Bring the coins to vegas
Play the penny and the quarter slots.

That's the best suggestion I got at 12:46 AM
orfordmike
or you could use them as a down payment on your power bill. Recently. R E C E N T L Y. What college? I weep for the future.
Grifter
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I weep for the future.


Lol, that reminds me of Ferris Bueller's Day off. Great movie...
Brett
I have to agree 26 cents ubt it wouldn't buy 2 packs or Ramen noodles, because he is only getting 25% of 26 cents. So he is only going to get 6.5 cents. Maybe she will be nice and give him 7 for it. But then she has to spend 37 cents for postage to send them somewhere. So really she would be losing money is she sold them.
gxseries
If those are worth more than their face values, I have too many corroded pennies to sell off bleh.gif

But honestly, I guess they have been in some acidic or alkaline enviroment. Nothing special.
Burks
QUOTE(gxseries @ Oct 1 2005, 08:19 AM)
If those are worth more than their face values, I have too many corroded pennies to sell off bleh.gif
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I have special BLACK pennies. Yup black. That's what happens after sitting in pure ammonia for two weeks laugh.gif
Kat
Check out our contest threads from time to time and maybe you can win something with a little value.
Jacko23
Thats strange, I was told the pennie was worth $500.00 the nickel inside is what is showing, and it looks like chrome.

These are not corroding. hi.gif blink.gif
Rotten Rodney
That Quarter looks like some I've seen that have spent a little to much time on a tar road.
Rotten Rodney
The Cent for 76 was not plated like 83 and after it was the same stuff all the way through. So the cent is either a Chemical dip or plated. . .
San_Miguel98
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I have no clue what happened to these poor coins. they seem to have been mis-minted the quarter seems to have been overbaked and has a large groove on the outer rim. the penny is missing most of its copper showing a silver interior. does anyone know anything about coins?


pennies from that year were made of 95% copper and 5% zinc. the only way the "brown" would come off to show "silver" would be a chemical reaction or an extra plating of metal. both of these would happen outside of the mint, and therefore would not bring any premium in value.

the quarter is corroded and has a groove cut into the rim. the composition of 1967 quarters is 75% copper, 25% nickel, with a center of 100% copper. the metals are clad together before being punched into coins, and there's no way the copper center can fall out. the missing copper rim would have to have been taken off by someone outside of the mint, and like the penny above, would not bring any premium in value.

on the bright side, you can always sell the penny to the guy who thinks it's worth $500. wink.gif
Rotten Rodney
QUOTE(Jacko23 @ Oct 2 2005, 11:46 AM)
Thats strange, I was told the pennie was worth $500.00 the nickel inside is what is showing, and it looks like chrome.

These are not corroding.  hi.gif  blink.gif
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Who ever told you a cent had nickle inside should be in a pond paddling around with the rest of the ducks.
gxseries
QUOTE(Jacko23 @ Oct 3 2005, 02:46 AM)
Thats strange, I was told the pennie was worth $500.00 the nickel inside is what is showing, and it looks like chrome.

These are not corroding.  hi.gif  blink.gif
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Daydream... it doesn't matter even if it's corroded or plated, it's still a penny unless it's a completely different metal. My dad does all sorts of metal plating, from copper plating to platinum plating. Chrome plating is no exception. Why on a penny? Who knows, probably for fun. doh.gif

If that person is GUESSING it's worth 500 bucks, sell it to him. The general opinion here is here to stay, unless you can get a coin dealer to have a different say in it. Or if you want to, you can always try scambay and scam all the way.
bobbycoin
Can I have the contact info of the person who would pay $500 for ANY 76 cent?

Also if anyone wants to pay more then $0.25 for a 67 quarter... I got those to biggrin.gif

QUOTE(Jacko23 @ Oct 2 2005, 09:46 AM)
These are not corroding.  hi.gif  blink.gif
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Ok, They may not be now... But they were wink.gif Any one of us could recreate these coins VERY easily.

Ask anyone who gets their streets salted... These are commonly salted road coins.

-Bobby
Rotten Rodney
go Buy a coinworld magizine or check their site they use to evauate Coins for free. . .
Conder101
The cent has been plated after it left the mint. No value above face value. (There is a lot of bad information on that forum thread you linked dealing with the composition of the cent.)

The quarter has been soaked in a mild acid such as vinegar for an extended period. The acid attacks the copper core more readily than it does the coppernickel outer layers and that is what caused the groove around the edge.
Rotten Rodney
Vinegar???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so that's how it's done!!!!!!
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