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Rednek New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 11/22/2018 12:48 am Inside this penny is a Barber dime not sure on the year I try and look it up nothing been all over the internet Any help would be helpful and it weighs 2.48 grams same As the 1894 s Barber dimes * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

CoinBuffalo Valued Member United States 220 Posts	Posted 11/22/2018 01:18 am what would make you think it's a Barber dime? it's just the penny's zinc core that's been exposed after being damaged. Report this Post to the Staff
Rednek New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 11/22/2018 04:12 am On the reverse side I can make out the olive and oak branches on the obverse back by liberty I can make out The ribbon from the hair you can slightly make it out by the difference in color a little bit Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 11/22/2018 04:44 am to CCF. Pics are too blurry,but I do not see it. Looks like a very well worn cent.I can't tell the date but looks like a copper plated zinc cent that normally weighs 2.5 grams John1 Edited by John1 11/22/2018 08:08 am Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34431 Posts	Posted 11/22/2018 07:19 am Quote: Any help would be helpful and it weighs 2.48 grams same @rednec, very interesting premise, but sorry you just have a normal cent with part of the copper plating missing. Any design elements (branches, hair bows) are going to be Pareidolia. The weight of this coin is correct for a normal post-1982 cent. "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 Report this Post to the Staff
nss-52 Moderator United States 54283 Posts	Posted 11/22/2018 07:56 am Pareidolia = term for seeing patterns in random data Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 11/22/2018 11:21 am Keep looking! to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Kopper Ken Pillar of the Community United States 3402 Posts	Posted 11/22/2018 1:06 pm That coin will be a Barber dime when pigs fly...but it may be the hook to get you to keep looking and to collect. KK Report this Post to the Staff
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