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NoCents
Penny Collector Member
USA
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 Posted - 03/12/2010 : 17:07:03
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I'll post a pic when I figure this out but I just got to ask...
Found a 76 today, that is about the size of a dime. It is extreamly thick, has very large smooth ring around the outter edge and most of the markings are barely vizable. You can barely see the year, liberty is there, most of the letter are can't be made out, just a slight trace of them there.
Anyone? Beuller?
Edit:Thought I set the profanity alarms off with such a nasty like topic.
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What's in it for the dude? |
Edited by - NoCents on 03/14/2010 19:41:29 |
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BOHICA
Penny Sorter Member
USA
41 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2010 : 17:34:39
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| Sounds like someone was in the process of making a ring out of it. |
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NoCents
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2010 : 23:35:59
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Say what?
This looks like it came from the mint like this..... |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
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NoCents
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 00:41:17
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That's cool....
But it doesn't look anything like those do.
I'll get a pic up tomarrow.
I swear it looks like a blank with a little bit of the outter bits of the coin missing. The IGWT is not in the strike at all with his head right up against the edge of the rim, and the bottom of the bust is right on the rim of the coin also.
I can't figure it out. It has all the regular markings of a penny but its dime sized and real thick in the side.
Anyone ever see one like this? |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
3788 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 00:49:35
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| Oh I thought it was a "half". Sounds more like an error on the wrong blank then. |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 08:55:48
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| You guys sound like you're looking at a picture. For some reason I don't see a picture. |
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 10:50:15
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| Sounds like that a penny was struck on a dime blank |
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NoCents
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 21:34:43
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It's a little fuzzy, tell me what you think.
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TXTim
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 03/13/2010 : 21:36:16
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quote:
Originally posted by BOHICA
Sounds like someone was in the process of making a ring out of it.
That's what it looks like, too. |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 21:39:59
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quote:
Originally posted by TXTim
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Originally posted by BOHICA
Sounds like someone was in the process of making a ring out of it.
That's what it looks like, too.
Yeah, but what's up with the rolled edge? |
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NoCents
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 21:40:23
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 21:46:25
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Is the edge part of the cent?
Would you be able to push the center out or is it all one peice? |
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NoCents
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 21:50:57
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It's solid as hell.
The rim seem like there was just to much metal in the die, and it was struck in dimes die.
It really is wierd man. |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 22:01:26
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The shape seems too perfect to believe "someone was trying to make a ring".
You might have a real rarity.
What does the coin weigh? |
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NoCents
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 22:05:36
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Don't have a scale available to me just yet, if I had to guess, it actually feels heavier than a zink.
It feels to the touch heavy. |
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Junk Woody
Penny Collector Member
Canada
262 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 22:50:24
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NoCents
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2010 : 12:11:58
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Ran into a coin buddy at the lanes this morning...he bout' fell out right in front of me.
He says, "Dude! If this is real, you got like the only one I ever seen."
Google search on minting errors turns up nothing like it.
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2010 : 12:21:35
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| Knowing the exact weight will tell a lot. |
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twocents
Penny Collector Member
398 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2010 : 12:29:11
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| Looks just like the magician coins I have seen on here a dozen times. |
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NoCents
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2010 : 17:31:17
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| Elaborate thogey. |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2010 : 17:41:22
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Well, By knowing the weight you can at least tell if it's a copper penny planchet(3.11g) or a zinc 2.5g
I would think if the weight is exact. That would get you closer to discovering the origin of your WTF coin.
Edit It might be a "capped die strike" |
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Edited by - thogey on 03/14/2010 17:47:31 |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2010 : 17:55:00
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| Wow jadedragon, you really do study each post. Good eye! |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2010 : 17:56:13
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| NoCent's coin looks more 'perfectly' deformed. |
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NoCents
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2010 : 18:10:33
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| Well I can just make out the date on it, so it got to be a copper. |
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