Wheat Cent 57-D Broadstrick Common?

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hogskins2win Valued Member United States 99 Posts	Posted 11/11/2011 12:22 am I have found 5 examples of 57-D broadstrick wheat cents. Is it just a lucky find or is there something common on these 57-D examples? Edited by hogskins2win 11/11/2011 12:23 am Report this Post to the Staff

Adam_E Pillar of the Community United States 4846 Posts	Posted 11/11/2011 12:23 am i dont believe this is a brod strike, it looks like a coin that was taken out of a "lucky penny" holder. Report this Post to the Staff
hogskins2win Valued Member United States 99 Posts	Posted 11/11/2011 12:27 am Uhm.....Whats a "Lucky penny" holder, and how do I tell the difference? Report this Post to the Staff
ErrorCoins222 Pillar of the Community United States 1699 Posts	Posted 11/11/2011 01:20 am A Lucky Penny holder is a metal encasement around the penny. Usually a genuine broadstruck will not have the abruptly cut off lettering as this one does. Look at a few genuine broadstruck examples and you will get a hang of what a real error looks like. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 11/11/2011 02:04 am Adam is correct, it is a former Encased Cent. A broadstruck coin would not have a flattened area that cuts into the peripheral devices but that is a a hallmark of a coin freed from an encasement ring. Edited by biokemist6 11/11/2011 02:40 am Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 11/11/2011 03:15 am FYI - Here is an example of a Encased Cent. The OP example was probably pressed between the two sides. Edited by Fuzzy317 11/11/2011 03:18 am Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 11/11/2011 07:15 am Yup, it's ex-encased Report this Post to the Staff
robbudo Pillar of the Community United States 2757 Posts	Posted 11/11/2011 10:32 am it would be off to find 5 examples of those, why was someone encasing 5 of them from the same year? Report this Post to the Staff
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