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I Have An Unusual Penny I Need Some Help

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 Posted 08/06/2013  4:35 pm  Show Profile   Check vermontensium's eBay Listings Check vermontensium's eCrater Listings Bookmark this reply Add vermontensium to your friends list
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 Posted 08/06/2013  5:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jester4020 to your friends list
Here they are sorry had to resize pics

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 Posted 08/06/2013  5:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jasper62 to your friends list
I'm thinking a split planchet.The planchet split after it was struck but hold off for the more qualified to answer
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 Posted 08/06/2013  5:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add j-win to your friends list
Yup, definitely looks like a split after strike cent. Very cool coin!
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 Posted 08/06/2013  5:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jester4020 to your friends list
How does the lincoln head show on the reverse side I'm confused.
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 Posted 08/06/2013  5:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jester4020 to your friends list
Could this be the end cut off the rob that was not discarded and sent into the die with another planchet. There is a defining ring around the reverse side.
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 Posted 08/06/2013  5:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coinaki to your friends list

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How does the lincoln head show on the reverse side I'm confused.

The reverse split away, and now you are looking at the indentation of Lincoln's head at the back of the obverse.

http://error-ref.com/Split_plan_after.html
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 Posted 08/06/2013  6:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jester4020 to your friends list
That makes sence but how do you explain the ring is that the same cause.
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 Posted 08/06/2013  6:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DavidFNYC to your friends list
I've never seen anything like that, very cool.
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 Posted 08/06/2013  7:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Badger Mint to your friends list
In 1944 the mint was required to mix spent cannon shells and other military ordinance brass with the metal used to strike cents. They had issues getting the mix right and there are a fair number of lamination errors that year. Yours looks like an extreme example, very nice. As to the ring, my guess would be a byproduct of the upsetting machine. BTW, blanks aren't cut off of rods, they are punched out of sheets or strips, kind of like a cookie cutter.

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 Posted 08/06/2013  7:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add amida17 to your friends list
Cool find Jester!
Nice call Badger I did not even notice it was a shell casing cent.
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 Posted 08/06/2013  8:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BenjaminsBaby to your friends list
that is definately one cool coin I have never seen anything like that before either!
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 Posted 08/06/2013  9:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jester4020 to your friends list
Would there be value to it or just a novelty coin.
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 Posted 08/06/2013  9:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add amida17 to your friends list
No expert but I have seen these at $25+
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 Posted 08/06/2013  11:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Copperdog to your friends list
That is one awesome error .. Two thumbs up
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