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Valued Member
United States
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Pictures are necessary to determine value and authenticity. I have never heard of this on any coin, so please post some pics!
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New Member
 United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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My guess is a piece of tin that had the reverse of a real Mercury dime compressed into it. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That's a good theory, but talk about a longshot digging it up!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Can we see the other side?
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Moderator
 United States
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@5lc, first welcome to CCF. Second, I agree with @moxking that a disc of zinc (or aluminum?) was squished between two real coins, perhaps in a vice. Probably not worth anything, but still a really neat find!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Rest in Peace
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I bet this was stamped on an outlet box slug. The deteriorated portion being where the punchout leg would be.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Brokage.
Coin struck by a coin that has been jammed in the minting press.
I don't think it is a shed job. Hard to get that much pressure with simple shed job techniques; a vise won't do it.
However, I am a bit 'iffy' about some of the coin, and a lot of the detail, missing in a nearly concentric impression.
Test to see if the planchet is genuine.
If planchet not silver (perhaps Zn or Al), then it MUST be a shed job. Is there any milling on the edge? (a brokage would have milling).
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 What's the metal detector reading for this? Need to see the other side.  |
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Moderator
United States
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@sel, just so that I can learn, would a brockage typically have a sharp incuse rim impression like the OP's piece does from eight to two o'clock? It isn't my area of expertise, but I was thinking that brockages tend to have a domed edge.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Rest in Peace
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I'd guess you have it right Crazy. Silver, no matter how long in the ground, doesn't corrode like that.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Exactly Correct .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Full brokages are perfectly concentric.
The fully concentric brokages I have seen are perfectly rim lipped on both sides.
I have never handled a part brokage, but I would expect the the impression of an incuse rim would be seen on the brokage.
You tend to get domed coins with capped dies. I follows that there should be a tendecy for this to happen with a brokage, but usually the retained coin strikes a new coin once only, before the press is stopped or the retained coin falls out.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's not silver with that kind of corrosion.
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Rest in Peace
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I agree with all the agreements screaming "IT AIN'T SILVER".
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