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wagsthadog
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
565 Posts |
 Posted - 05/20/2008 : 17:25:33
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Hi all,
I sort by hand, and tho it is a lot more time consuming, sometimes you come across weird stuff like copper blanks! I found one last saturday!
Has anyone else come across one? What are they worth?
-Actually, it's a zinc blank, but still interesting!
I don't have a pic of it on hand, but it's blank on both sides, and I'm 99.9999% sure it was destined to be a penny because it's plated zinc.
Any thoughts?
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Only when they CAN'T have it, ......THEN they'll want it.
I love Cents. If you get an UNC box, you win. If you get a regular circ. box, you win. If you get a zinc box, you don't lose....so you still win. |
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penniesmakemedizzy
Penny Pincher Member
USA
135 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 18:20:57
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I have one too - found it a few weeks ago
the value depends on the condition |
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Ant
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 18:33:58
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| I have found one. I think they are called planchets. I put it in my box of "weird things found while sorting". I had no idea they could be worth something. |
Lovely dimes, the liveliest coin, the one that really jingles. --Truman Capote
Coins are the metallic footprints of the history of nations. --William H. Woodin |
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Posted - 05/20/2008 : 18:43:18
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| I found one too and threw it into the return pile. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 18:57:07
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Yes, I have found 1 blank copper planchet, 2 blank zinc planchets and get this.. a Canadian copper planchet.  |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 19:52:24
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| I have found 1 blank zinc cent but no blank coppers. |
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jorhyne
Penny Pincher Member
174 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 20:10:19
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I found one the other day, don't know what I did with it though...
Anyway I looked it up and the ones that are in good condition go for upwards of $5. |
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
851 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 20:14:45
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| I have one, but it came from a coin grab at the coin show. Mt 9yo daughter got it. |
Are you throwing that out? |
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 20:15:18
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| 1 blank copper and 1 blank zinc for me |
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Centsearcher
Penny Pincher Member
USA
107 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 20:29:21
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I have two blank zinc planchets, and they are worth whatever someone is willing to pay for them  |
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Ant
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 20:54:03
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Originally posted by HoardCopperByTheTon
Yes, I have found 1 blank copper planchet, 2 blank zinc planchets and get this.. a Canadian copper planchet.
Wait . . . if it is blank, how do you know it is Canadian? Are Canadian cents a slightly different size? (I've never measured.) |
Lovely dimes, the liveliest coin, the one that really jingles. --Truman Capote
Coins are the metallic footprints of the history of nations. --William H. Woodin |
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Posted - 05/20/2008 : 22:04:55
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| according to the redbook, copper blanks are worth $3 and zinc blanks are worth $2. |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 22:24:20
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| In over a year of sorting I've found 2 zinc planchets, all in the past month. |
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2008 : 15:27:56
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I found 1. I have not determined if it is Cu or Zn yet.
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starwarsgeek171
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
651 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2008 : 17:59:16
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| A student in my coin club found one in his very first box. |
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knibloe
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1066 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2008 : 19:04:59
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| I found a coin stamped on the face only. the back was unstamped. I have not yet verified it's authenticity. |
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simplicitycounts
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2008 : 03:37:23
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| Just a guess but the canadian one is the octogonal looking one? |
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PennehChaos.
Penny Collector Member
USA
269 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2008 : 10:56:24
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i bought one at a coin show years ago... not as cool as the really strong offset strikes, but i like them. Haven't found one in the wild yet, tho.
Sounds like there's been a sudden surge of them in circulation... wonder if it's slipping quality control, or something from National Coin Week? |
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jpf231
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2008 : 20:06:09
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| Found a blank zinc planchet, but never a blank copper one. |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
3788 Posts |
Posted - 05/25/2008 : 18:14:56
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| Found a blank planchet on May 23/08. I think it is Canadian and likely copper based on age. It has circulated for a long time. |
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