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Hello and thanks for reading. I came across this one tonight while searching. It caught my attention because it looked like it was a little shiney. I also noticed part of 'liberty' missing and the 'o' in one cent on the back missing. I then placed it on my digital scale and weighed in at exactly 2.5 grams. I know the scale is accurate because I use it a lot. Is this a planchet error of some type? Thanks for any input in advance!   |
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Might be a thin planchet? John1  |
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Thanks John. Yea, seems like a logical explanation. Interesting that it weighs in exactly at 2.5g. Not the prettiest cent.
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice looking coin, definitely an error of some kind. Nice find.
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Being exactly 2.5g,could be minted on a foreign planchet. Is there a way to check if the U.S. mint made coins for other countries that year? John1 Edited by John1
02/10/2014 12:36 pm
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That's the route I have been researching, John. I just found these examples of a cent on dime planchet. I'm not saying this is what I have, but there certainly seems there are some similarities. Check these pics out and read the very interesting article of the 1943 cent on dime planchet! Wow, wish I came across that one! lol. Tell me what you think after taking a look. These pics I've attached were from Heritage Auctions.   |
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I'm not sure why he calls the 43 cent struck on a dime planchet as possibly unique, The 43 cent on a dime planchet is probably the most common year for cent on dime planchet errors because they look so similar when new and so were more likely to not get spotted as part of QC. Also that was the only year when the cent and dime had basically the same weight. So that year you had two coins or almost the same weight, diameter, and color and a cent on dime planchet would be almost unnoticeable.
As for the OP coin, I think it looks like it was struck on a rolled thin planchet.
The Mint did strike coins for three other countries in 1954, two in Philadephia and one in San Francisco, but in two cases they were silver alloy coins (900 fine and 835 fine) and the other was in Chromium Stainless steel.
I also checked to see if there was a chance of a foreign planchet left over from 1953 production as a possibility but there were no suitable candidates from 1953 either.
Edited by Conder101
02/10/2014 2:06 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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A tapered or a tapered/thin planchet. You can see the design fade out on the left side.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Wow. Thanks for all of the great info, Condor!
And thank you Mr. Mike Diamond, for taking the time to read and your input! Do you suggest hanging on to this coin?
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I would put it in a 2x2 and label it accordingly. John1 |
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Is it worth sending for grade?
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I don't think the value would justify the cost of a TPG. John1 |
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One thing I have found which is easy and I think fun when researching the US Mints schedule I.e minting for other countries and what is going on with our currency is enter the date and then US Mint or sometimes just the date and then mint and click on Google Books. Tons of stuff! Sometimes I think I can almost hear the director, employees, congress bicker through the pages :-) ( only my opinion)
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