I saw the reverse first and noticed a little bit of corrosion on the rim. When I flipped it I was really surprised by how deep the colors are. The colors are so crazy I had to post it. Some type of caustic substance creating these colors. I'm guessing it's reacting with the copper plating.
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Crazy, Deep azure blue PSD on this 2007 Lincoln cent
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That's crazy looking Cliff!! I immediately thought of these when I saw it.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algal_bloom)
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Wow Cliff... that's some crazy looking blue! Maybe it came out of Lake Erie? (cool link Jon)
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Originally Posted by makecents
Or this in Belize.
Blue Hole LINK .
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I think it grew copper sulfide Cu2S:
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Looks like a science project that went terribly wrong!
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To me it looks like some one was playing with silver nitrate to see the reaction with copper... Here is a little info https://www.reagent.co.uk/what-happe...ilver-nitrate/
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