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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Interesting. I've had similar toning/staining/other show on uncirculated and proof sets packaged by the US mint. Not often, but not unknown. This is one of the more extreme instances. I find the reverse curious as well.
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New Member
 United States
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Hi thanks for the welcome guys. I did search quite a bit for planchet errors, UFO, and annealing errors. I can't find anything like it. I've never submitted a penny. if it wasn't sealed I'd just throw it in a closet somewhere, so I'd guess it's the seal that's tempting me.
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New Member
United States
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Hi ijn,
Thanks. From your experience do you think it could be worth grading as a mint error, or is it just a random occurrence?
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Moderator
 United States
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It is possible that the entire pack was under or covered by something with a straight edge (sheet of paper or something) and the left half of the cent was exposed to light and started toning while the covered portions were protected.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Personally, I would submit the coin for grading--but do keep it as a fun curiosity.
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New Member
United States
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Thanks ijn I think I will do just that.Dearborn I have considered pressure, and light. A local dealer had suggested it, and I'm not saying it isn't possible because I bought it at an auction. So I honestly have no idea of the storage history to exclude PMD PSD. Edited by amjohnsonaz
01/13/2023 10:57 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I agree with Dearborn, it looks like a sunlight issue.  |
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Moderator
United States
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New Member
United States
7 Posts |
merclover, It could definitely be PSD from light but it would almost have to have occurred before it went in the bag right? I mean the copper couldn't just disappear? The other thing is that the missing copper lines don't line up anywhere front/back/sides. I also think we'd see a lot of check out this penny I left in my car change coming out of Arizona/California? |
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United States
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I think that there is no 'missing' copper, just toned darker (the left side, the 'Liberty side - the right side, the date side still has the red mint color and luster. On the reverse the cent had sat on top of another coin mostly protecting it.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The reverse is funny. Between the left corner and U in United it is a line (incuse or rise?) and also under cent who go to the rim. I made the lines and seem to be a perfect circle. The question is not the tarnish, it is those lines I mention are Rise or incuse or just tarnish?
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New Member
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The cello can have a slice in it and alter the color. I found one like that, but it has all turned that color:   So something altered the coin in the cello. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to the CCF nice toning. Would have been really nice if the whole coin was that color. |
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New Member
United States
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Coop those are really beautiful coins. There's no hole in the bag. I think it would have to be that the tarnish is higher than the copper and it's the angle I was looking at it because of the bag.
Edited by amjohnsonaz
01/17/2023 07:17 am
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