1941 Wheat Penny Possibly On A Foreign Planchette?

Sorry if you thought that was directed towards you But it totally wasn't. And I didn't mean it towards anyone specifically it's just sometimes people give you a short condescending reply and I was appreciative of him taking his time to give me a detailed Explanation that's all that was.

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Only reason I know what I do on this particular specific subject is I thought I had one for a time too and researched like a mad man on it.

There is no one complete, accurate list of every coin the u.s. mint produced for other countries. I think it's somewhere between 1200-1500 coin types and dates over 100 years.

There's a book called "Foreign Coins Struck at United States Mints" by Charles G Altz and E. H. Barton, this covers most of 1876-1963.

Then the ANA library has a copy of a report issued by the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Mint entitled "Domestic and Foreign Coins Manufactured by Mints of the United States, 1793 - 1980". Again not complete and stops at 1980 and it's all listed by fiscal year, which doesn't always line up with the date on the coins.

So then kind of have to cross reference with "Standard Catalog of World Coins" for KM#'s to figure out the dates and what happened.

In fiscal year 1940 the u.s. mint struck about 1.6 million 1-1/4 centesimos as well as a couple million 2-1/2 centesimos for Panama. These would have been dated 1941 though due to the actual year at the time of minting.

I don't know much of anything else though lol. I just did my homework on this subject because I though I might be rich with a 1941 on a panama 1 cent planchet.

Khrys welcome to CCF...great question with a fantastic response meant to educate. Everyone learns.

KK

Thanks for all of your replys your Knowledge on the subject is astonishing although I think I am now more Unsure. Lol suppose taking it to a specialist is best but please if you Think of anything else Or come across anything don't hesitate to reply.

I'm saying it's on the FY1940 report for whatever the reason, not on FY1941 report. Perhaps it was right on the edge of the two years and they started minting 1941 cents, I wasn't there.l to see it with my own eyes on how it went. Maybe the made the Panama coins in 1940 and a planchet hung around until 1941 Lincoln Cent minting.


I can tell you this. The 1941 cent on a Panama planchet is not on a bronze planchet and neither the Panama 1-1/4 cetesimos or the DR 1 centavo are the same color as the wrong metal coin graded by PCGS.
The error coin is not on a bronze planchet and it's clear in pictures of it its not bronze.

For me that's what ended my research into it. I assume it's the 2-1/2 centesimos copper nickel planchet because that's what the color appears to be most like.
Check other places for the DR 1 centavo weight. This was also struck on u.s. Lincoln Cent planchets just like the Panama 1-1/4 cetesimos.

I can only go by what I can gather from multiple sources of information and come up with my best guess on how it might have went, but when I saw the example coin itself it became clear to me it's a wrong metal error and not just a weight issue alone.

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