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just curious, what is the diameter of this?
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Bedrock of the Community
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 To CCF!  What does the edge look like? I'm thinking that it might be the real deal. The weight is correct for a copper cent Planchet. Errers and Varietys.
Edited by Errers and Varietys
06/29/2026 11:20 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Do you have a LCS (local coin shop) or "We Buy Gold" shop near you? If Yes than you could have them test it. That's the route I'd go if unsure.
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Our regular members will know that when I comment on error coins, I very often cite Occam's Razor as my rationale for condemning something as "not an error"... but I'm thinking this is an excellent application of Occam's Razor to prove a coin actually is an error instead.  Scenario 1: the coin really is a nickel struck on a penny planchet. Scenario 2: the coin is a normal nickel, which someone has neatly trimmed or lathed to match the weight of a penny, and then the coin has acquired environmental staining to make it appear coppery. Scenario 1 is clearly the simplest explanation in this instance, so is therefore the most probable. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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to the CCF Certainly appears to be legit by what you are showing us. Final data point that would convince me is for you to tell us the diameter. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I will be curious to see the outcome of this, if any. I still see nickel in color though, not copper as others obviously do.
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Pillar of the Community
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Change find or CRH find?
smat
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm on Team Lathe with this one.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Ok everyone, I'm still very new at doing all this so I will get all your questions answered on my next post all together, but one question. How should I go about getting you the diameter best? Should I picture a penny and perhaps a nickel as well next to said coin in question?
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Pillar of the Community
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If you do not have calipers to measure the coin, take a random nickel and lay your example over it and maybe a cent on top of your example. Which ever is larger, have it on the bottom. Take a straight on shot of each set of coins so we can see what the difference in size is.
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This was also posted on another forum and Fred Weinburg
has stated that it is genuine. Good enough for me.
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Ok this was found in everyday pocket change and loading pics now
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Posted 06/29/2026 10:49 pm
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