The off-center cent was minted between 1959 and 1968 and its exact weight is 3.04 grams. While the Mint has produced foreign planchets that weigh exactly 3 grams and that are composed of 95% copper, none of these candidates were minted during the requisite time period. So I'm confident this is a cent planchet.
This "long bevel" style of upset makes no functional sense, as the highest point on the planchet's proto-rim lies well inside the position of the future design rim. One of the reasons for upsetting a blank is to guide the formation of the design rim. This style of upset is decidely at odds with that goal.
Error coin writer and researcher.
Edited by mikediamond
02/15/2014 3:17 pm