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Rest in Peace
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Agree w Cascade. No way that's a dime planchet.
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If it were a dime planchet, the collar/die wouldn't have been able to put that much of a rim on it would it?
Edited by BlackNWhite
07/11/2015 11:42 am
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I saw that the lines in the wheat ears are mostly there. Maybe these details would also be less pronounced on a thinner planchet? The bluish hue of the surface (zinc is this color, silver is not) leads me to agree with BlackNWhite, that this is a steel cent that circulated to accumulate natural wear, then was reprocessed after being damaged somehow. The rim is weird but dime planchet is not the answer in my book. A tissue test would settle this quickly, I'm thinking. |
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Turns out that it is a Dryer Coin. They think maybe a 1946.  |
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Looks spooned to me. If it's magnetic then it's a 1943 Steel penny. If not, then I think it's silver plated. Maybe the light messes up the colour of the coin if so.
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Dude says it weighs 3.8 grams.
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I think regardless of anything else, it's just a plated/reprocessed Dryer Coin. |
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To much glair to tell for sure, but kind of looks encased to me. Thanks, Doug.
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Ouch! That wheaty bit the dust.
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That's a keeper for sure!
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Plated Wheat cent in a bezel. (See the bent back rim of the bezel at 6:30 on the reverse) If you'll check you will probably find the rim/bezel is magnetic but the center area of the coin is only slightly magnetic or not at all. |
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I gave up trying to help the guy. It is posted on a metal detecting forum and the coin "experts" on there have now changed their mind and decided it was struck on a silver foreign coin planchet. None of these guys are collectors and know next to nothing about coins they sell most of what they find of value. One guy dug a toasted green Buff and posted it. These fools told him to scrub it with a brillo pad to get the green stuff off so he could read the date and tell if it was a 3 legger and that if he did it could be worth $1000's. I face palm myself a lot on the site.
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07/12/2015 08:50 am
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I was also thinking bezel.
Doesn't appear to be a silver bezel, though. Seems too bright but maybe it is.
I've seen chrome bezels, and steel bezels.
I have a 1946 nickel I found CRHing with some hardened 20 year old food or more on the reverse, and it's all disgusting and probably was worn by a sweaty guy born in 1946. It's in a steel bezel.
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07/13/2015 02:03 am
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