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For the type of equipment you would have to have to fake a coin like this where is the payoff,not to mention they would have to be alot of them out there,really there isn't alot of money in error coins unless it is a double denomination or a rare double die so where is the payout and the other thing is why do it then throw it back to the public to find none of this is sound thinking and the coin being a point gram off,like I said there is some kind of filler it is shiny you can see it in the picture and what would be the purpose of putting an overlay on a coin not to mention stick it beside another penny and it is a hair thinner but a hair larger in roundness is someone going to say there is a penny stretcher .
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Valued Member
 United States
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I am starting to think it was a planchet not up to specs I tried to go to a sight to watch how the penny was made but my phone won't work with there program,the thing is pictures don't show everything I tried to zoom the picture in to show the surface,4x mag doesn't show what 8xmag shows.i was really hoping someone would have had answers that would have made some kind of sense but somethings are hard to explain if your not a mint worker which has probably seen about everything and could explain things.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Your item is not a coin. Look at the font of the R of America , it is not the same font as a real cent. The first U of Unum lines up with the 5th column on your item where on a authentic cent it lines up with the bay after the 5th column . I feel your item was a fashion accessory
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Costume piece is a good thought. The RDV looks fake; font is too narrow and the Memorial design incorrect. Especially for a 90s vintage coin. While the rolls appeared to have been solid, I concur with the others that unless it had the mint/bank wrappers (old bank wrappers), then they are mixed third party cents (from Loomis). It also appears that there may have been glue on the obverse.
My other thought is that it might be a game piece or magic kit coin. Anyway, it doesn't look legit to me.
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 United States
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I really appreciate every ones input it made me look at the coin closer than I had years ago,after everything I don't think it is a split planchet,but I still think it is a mint error of some kind being that the size of it is a little different than a regular penny and how the image on the reverse looks,i guess my next step will be to send it off and pay someone that will hopefully be able to tell me more about it.but I do really appreciate a good debate thank you every body and it may take a couple months but when I find out more I will post an update.if anybody knows a good place besides a grading company please let me know I would prefer someplace that deals with just error coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Before you put money into this piece please compare it to other coins. Ultimately the decision is yours.
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 United States
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Thank you stoneman now that could make sense of fashion jewelry,they do use a lot of coins and designs for that but the edge looks just like a penny planchet edge but I will know for sure after I send it off and get it back,i just can't see with fashion jewelry it would way a point gram less than a penny but you never know about how companies make things.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thank you rackster your correct companies do make that kind of stuff but it just looks so much like a planchet on the edge that I think it will be worth sending it off to know for sure.until you guys said fashion jewelry and magic coin I had never gave it that thought so I can't fully rule that out because I know companies can make stuff look real,i just couldn't see an individual doing it but thank you everyone
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United States
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It's amazing what you will find on a CRH event. I've gotten plastic battery caps, plastic game tokens, Magician's coin (double heads), and even a gold piece. Others have gotten silver necklaces and more recently, a ring of some kind. Stuff gets mixed in, by chance or by desire, and we searchers find it. My advice Kevin: keep it in the flip it's in and somewhere handy to look at every once in a while. Give it a few weeks and keep thinking about it, learning here, and then make a decision to send it out or not. You might rethink your tactics and not send it or become more convinced about what you have. Nothing lost by waiting a bit. Good luck!!
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thank you for the site pete,i called ken potter several months back before I started getting on the internet and he told me he wasn't verifying coins for me to send an email and he would pass it along to someone that would get back with me,no one got back with me so I wasn't going to bother him with anymore emails I figured I would look around some where else.
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Quote: i called ken potter several months back before I started getting on the internet and he told me he wasn't verifying coins Ken potter is on this sight and he has responded on your other thread. He is koinpro
Edited by jasper62 02/03/2016 06:18 am
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Valued Member
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Ok jasper but like I said I called I know what I was told and I sent an email if your saying it didn't happen well I don't know how far I could go back and get my phone records and never thought I would have to save a email from months ago if he has started taking coins again now,i didn't know it I can only go by what I was told at that time.
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Valued Member
 United States
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I went back through my other post guess I must have missed seeing his post at the time,don't know if it was because I was making a comment from 2 or 3 people before or if I had to go somewhere or went to bed in between guess I missed it but thank you for pointing it out it gave me some more sites to go look at and some more reading material,i have been trying to go through all my post and write down every ones links that they have sent and at the end I have been thanking people for doing it.
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