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New Member
Canada
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Took the mrs to work this morning and picked her up a treat. As I was waiting for the drinks I looked at the change given and noticed something out of place on 1 of my pennies.  Take a look! images/444/p1011017.jpg/]  [/URL] images/513/p1011009o.jpg/]  [/URL] images/705/p1011013n.jpg/]  [/URL] I thought that was all to the coin but had to take pic's of the other side to post and noticed something with it as well. I noticed what I believe to be a large die crack. It's the length of the maple leaf on the right then "T" once it reaches the leaftip. images/580/p1011026.jpg/]  [/URL] images/694/p1011027.jpg/]  [/URL] images/88/p1011028.jpg/]  [/URL] images/836/p1011025d.jpg/]  [/URL] |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
849 Posts |
Very neat :). I like the Obverse :)
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Moderator
 Canada
10458 Posts |
Nice strike-through error.
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Rest in Peace
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Nice Nova I don't know if it just me, but when I get change in my pocket from buying coffee, etc, I never spent it till I get home and look at it under my USB microscope...It drives me crazy....  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
At first, I was thinking grease on dies, but now I'm inclined towards a lamination that peeled off.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1374 Posts |
Wow interesting find! I agree with biggfredd about the lamination peel. I think there might be die grease going on, too!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1733 Posts |
I'd normally say grease but that bit of what looks like rust..
Mag or non mag?
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
10743 Posts |
Looks like a strike-through error to me. Whatever it is, it is a nice one. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
693 Posts |
If this is diagnosis by consensus, I'll put my vote in for it being a Strike Through error.
A lamination error leave a different color underneath (steel or zinc). Alternatively, if it was laminated before plating, then the coin would have struck up better.
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Valued Member
Canada
284 Posts |
The top of it does look like it was Struck Through Grease, but a bit lower it's unclear. Anyhow, a great find! |
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Valued Member
Canada
61 Posts |
I'm adding my vote for a gorgeous strike through.
Great find! :)
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New Member
 Canada
31 Posts |
Hey Ugly I just checked and it's Mag and I looked at the coin and there's no rust of any sort what part were you refering too?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1733 Posts |
Hi Nova, I used your image and put an arrow on it. I also see a faint trace of nickel there, which would make perfect sense. The point I'm trying to get to is I think it wasn't grease, I think it was a strike through from a piece of peeled plating off another coin and that it did physical damage to this item. the moderately exact edge across HRH's face was the tip off.  |
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New Member
Canada
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Looks like a piece of the dial plate chipped off and struck through. The die crack is typical on the penny these days, that one is pretty large though.
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