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New Member
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Edited by Khryscoins
06/03/2019 5:20 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Just a heavily damaged coin that has unfortunately seen much better days. PSD, not an error coin. Errers and Varietys.
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What makes you so sure this occurred before it left the mint? Are there other notable examples of this kind of error that you're aware of?
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New Member
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Thanks for your input but I must ask you this Please teach me the difference. To me, A very damaged coin Would not have a consistency throughout the "damaged" part of the coin. "In God we" and the first part of liberty show Absolutely no evidence that they even existed...no scrapes or gouges. Is it not possible that oil or grease got in the way while In the process of being made? Or damaged die? Please explain
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New Member
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Maybe the poor quality of the pictures but the consistency of the metal shows more evidence that it was created that way Then it does of it having years of damage
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Moderator
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@kc, I'm glad that you are sticking around to learn. Just to be clear--we are all learnng too!
On this cent, I see normal circulation wear on a 1920 or perhaps 1926 cent. With heavy wear, the inscription can blend with the rim and I think that is what you have here.
Added: ok sorry. We were both typing at the same time. Yes some of the inscription is missing, but with a coin exhibiting this level of wear, I don't think you can say that this occurred during the minting proces. Otherwise, you would need to question every part of the coin that is now heavily worn.
"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."
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Edited by Spence
06/03/2019 5:47 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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There's absolutely no way that it happened before it left the U.S. Mint. It doesn't work that way unfortunately.
Errers and Varietys.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Khryscoins > You want an explanation on what happened to this coin . You ask for our expertise knowledge on this . All of us are trying to tell you that this coin is not a mint error . We are also telling you that this coin was subject to a tremendous amount of wear in it's circulating life . To make this coin look worse than it is , it was harshly cleaned by a non collector . Trust us we know what we're talking about . I don't believe a single member on this forum would give you false intentional information about this coin .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Just heavy wear, damage, and probably an old scrubbing.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It may have been a greased filled die when struck, but that has been over-ridden by 90 years of wear.
KK
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I was just looking at Grease Filled Dies and didn't want to rule that out yet. Could she take any measurements of thickness or weight to rule out (or confirm) Grease Filled Die? |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Circulation wear wore the letters down. So it had to happen after the strike. The color tells me it was recently cleaned. It was probably very dark in color at one point. The cleaning made it an unnatural color. Note the deeper colors on the coin, it was probably even a lot darker then that at one time. At one time the devices were all there, the ear and cheek usually is the first thing to wear down.   If you weighed this coin is will be way under in weight because of the coin wear. If it were a Struck Through Grease error, then the weight would be normal. (3.11 grams)  |
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New Member
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Yes! Thanks everyone I guess sometimes you have poke the bear to make him move thank you all for the detailed explanation, it teaches so much more then a know it all one sentence answer! &  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I prefer to use images so you can see what I'm seeing. But on your coin, I didn't have images of an event like your coin. (almost 10K images and not one of these showing damage like your yours)
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New Member
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Yes SHE is on a phone witch is why the codes showed up in the comments. Coop can you refer me to someone that might know more?
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Forum Dad
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What makes you so sure this occurred before it left the mint? Can you please answer this question? |
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. The quality of the pictures did not turn out so well on my phone if better pictures are needed I can do so when I get back to my computer thanks again
Posted 06/03/2019 5:36 pm
