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What really makes me believe that this is a planchet error is because the coin has different things wrong with it.  The zinc is old looking when you look inside of the hole. The top of the last letter in Trust is missing. The last S in States is weak. Next to the building on the bottom right side, it has a line that is embedded inside smoothly like it was meant to be that way.    NEW PICTURES WILL GET ADDED LATER It's nighttime here.... |
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It looks PMD to me. John1  |
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Edited by solotime
04/12/2018 05:38 am
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@ST, those are superior pics you have posted of this coin, but I'm with @john1 on this. The missing "chunk" of coin may have been removed mechanically, but that zinc core corrodes very fast when exposed to the right environment. I'd spend this one while it still is (mostly) a whole cent.
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Rest in Peace
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 If it was a planchet problem we would see more like it. We don't. There isn't any part of the minting process that could likely produce this result. I can see why you would ask. But it's PMD. Even if it were a mintage issue, which it is not, the value would still be one cent. |
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Since the planchets are plated after being punched out of the zinc sheet, if this were a planchet error, there should be no zinc visible, as the damaged area on the planchet would be plated over with the copper. Just zinc rot slowly eating away the coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Just PMD to my mind as well. |
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Rest in Peace
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Note a 8 o'clock as well. Now note two other places that are indicative of a pre-strike flaw. The 180° points of both sides, the last T and the lower right corner of the memorial are affected in ways as well. This could be a damaged planchet, feeding problems like a jam of some sort. Those indentions are coin thickness. Need an experts help on this one.
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Thanks everyone for your replies.
I wasn't expecting this coin to be worth more than a dollar.
Just wanted to see if it was a planchet error or just damage.
I probably won't spend it because the chip looks cool to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Above the last 'T' on TRUST, you are seeing split plate damage from a strike that was set too strong. Zinc takes a hit and keeps on chipping. Your coin proves that. But at lest now you know. On the next coin you can see it and move on to the next one.
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Posted 04/12/2018 05:02 am
