Questionable Color 1937 Cent

[nwcs]

I'm having fun, which is why I put this here. I haven't taken a coin picture in about a year so I thought I'd photograph the first coin I found in the cabinet. It is a nice looking, but questionable, cent I picked up about 7 years ago for a dollar. Just thought I'd have fun, photograph it, and share it here.

 

[bsshog40]

From the pics I would say it looks ok to me. Looks like it was stored in an odd way to cause irregular toning.

[nwcs]

I thought it was good but was bagged years ago.

[L1ncolnF4n]

The obverse is fine, save for maybe around 2:00-3:00 off the rim looks a bit funky, it's the liquid-like formation on the reverse that's questionable...almost sure that's why it bagged.

[nwcs]

The reverse is what I think got it bagged, too.

[robec1347]

It almost has the look of being attached to a board with some putty or some sort of glue.

[BillJones]

I thought it was good but was bagged years ago.

 

"Body bagged" does not necessarily mean "bad" especially when it comes to copper coins.

[L1ncolnF4n]

It almost has the look of being attached to a board with some putty or some sort of glue.

 

I think you might be on to something with the putty. I've had a coin that was glued before, and I attempted removal of the coin. The glue wouldn't come off completely which leads me to think that it's not glue per se but something similar, that's why I like the putty idea.

[nwcs]

I've always thought it was probably some sort of glue or liquid on the back but I've also seen some other holdered coin which made me wonder about that.

[SteveInNebr]

Too bad...looks like it was well on it's way to becoming a nice Woodie....