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 Posted 03/09/2025  5:24 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add armandoluna to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
just found in a penny roll, slightly larger circumference than a penny and thinner, the weight is 3 grams.

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 Posted 03/09/2025  5:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cujohn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A very, very abused cent.
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 Posted 03/09/2025  5:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Hondo Boguss to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's a keeper, though. An example of when good cents go bad.
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 Posted 03/09/2025  7:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tacc to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That really is about as bad as it gets.
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 Posted 03/09/2025  7:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Blind Squirrel to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Maybe a cent, but maybe not. More likely a copper round blank or "finding" used in jewelry.
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Just the work of an artist with no talent.
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 Posted 03/09/2025  8:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chadcoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
negative MS70
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If coins (or whatever) could talk...
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 Posted 03/09/2025  9:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Weight seems about right for having once been a cent, but it's hard to say for sure.
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Likely a cent at one time, but now impossible to say.
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 Posted 03/14/2025  12:37 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Just a badly used and damaged coin. PMD.
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