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Yeah, looks like a broadstruck.
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Agree on broadstrike. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Panamanian coins were minted in the US on US planchets in 1972. The Balboa is pegged to the US dollar, and all their denominations use the same planchet composition and sizes as US coins of the same denomination. In other words, a 1972 penny struck on a Panamanian planchet would just be a normal 1972 penny.
Edited by SamCoin 09/19/2020 12:31 pm
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I'm in the broadstruck camp. @coinerin, can you please post the diameter of this coin to this thread? Thx.
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I'm almost sure it's a broad strike. The coin was struck on a normal planchet, but outside of the retaining collar so it wasn't limited to the normal diameter of 19.05 mm. Do you happen to know the diameter of your coin? Not that it will change my answer, I'm just curious. 
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Yes, samcoin, I hane found Balboa cents in penny rolls, they are the same diameter.
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Quote: Looks fake to me. Explain why please?
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What me wonder is, how does it have a reverse rim? Makes me wonder it is was struck once in the collar and once out of the collar, exactly on the devices both times. Most of the time the devices will be enlarged on the second strike:    Note the enlarged devices on the second strike enlarged from the first strike?
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Coop, If not a broad strike then what do you think it is? John1 
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Might have to ask Mike Diamond on this one?
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I measured it and it looks almost exactly 20mm 
Edited by Coinerin 09/20/2020 11:44 am
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Is there any chance this could be a "Texas cent" that was also a dryer coin? Is it thinner than a regular cent?
Edited by Grelko 09/20/2020 11:43 am
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It is a little thinner. It is the coin on top beside another 1972 penny 
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Not a Texas cent, this is a broadstrike
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