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Pokermandude Pillar of the Community Canada 1192 Posts	Posted 03/27/2014 6:35 pm Pulled these out of a slew of "non-errors" in a collection I recently purchased. Not 100% sure on these as to if they are errors or PMD, but I am pretty sure they are legit. Confirmation and an explanation would be great :) Thanks! 1947 penny, significantly underweight at 2.3 grams (regular is 3.1g). Slightly smaller than normal diameter. The edge is smooth and uniform, doesn't appear to have had the rim shaved down. 1947 penny with what appears to be a planchet defect/retained lamination. 1964 5 cent, significantly underweight and thin. Weighs 2.26 grams (regular is 4.54g). Magnetic planchet, thickness is 0.8mm to 1.0mm (not uniform). Diameter is normal. An American 1908 Indian Head cent, with what appears to be a grease-filled die. Most of the date and part of the legend on the bottom of the obverse is missing. Edited by Pokermandude 03/27/2014 6:36 pm Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 03/27/2014 7:15 pm The only one I would keep is the IH cent,it's a Grease Filled Die. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
ErrorCoins222 Pillar of the Community United States 1699 Posts	Posted 03/27/2014 7:40 pm 1. Acid etched. 2. Lamination (de-lamination) 3. Looks to be struck on a split planchet. Is this year normally magnetic? Otherise it might be an off-metal error. 4. As stated by John, appears to be struck-through grease/ filled die I think the gem of the group is the nickel. Cool coins! Report this Post to the Staff
Alexer Pillar of the Community Canada 2632 Posts	Posted 03/27/2014 7:41 pm 1st-looks like acid attack 2nd-lamination peel 3rd-Wrong or split planchet? 4th-Looks like grease but I'm going to guess vertically tilted obverse hammer die light strike Just my opinion thanks Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsguy Pillar of the Community Canada 2301 Posts	Posted 03/28/2014 7:05 pm acid lamination PMD ground down banged up Filled die Report this Post to the Staff
Pokermandude Pillar of the Community Canada 1192 Posts	Posted 03/28/2014 7:37 pm Thanks for the responses. I am still not sure what to think about #3. The 100% nickel planchets of that year are magnetic, so no help there. IMO, there's just no way that it lost half it's weight from the probable PMD on it. Yet I don't see any other explanation. Looks kind of like the split planchets I've looked up, but there isn't a single large portion of one side missing like on most of them. My best guess at this point would be a thin, foreign planchet (resulting in some waffling/weak areas), and then some PMD as someone ground it down on one side to see if it was plated? Report this Post to the Staff
M_d_in_guy Pillar of the Community Canada 1049 Posts	Posted 03/28/2014 9:43 pm in the picture the IH penny, the second number looks like an 8 (18_9) Report this Post to the Staff
Alexer Pillar of the Community Canada 2632 Posts	Posted 03/28/2014 9:51 pm After looking again I agree with nickelsguy the 1964 nickel looks like PMD. Looks and is thinner because there is nearly no rim left thus the weight. Good thing its not XWL..lol Report this Post to the Staff
Scissel Pillar of the Community Canada 693 Posts	Posted 03/30/2014 7:06 pm The 1964 5c looks like a legitimate thin planchet error to me. The nasty scrape @ 5:00 on the obverse was probably from the coin getting stuck in a counting machine. Report this Post to the Staff
ErrorCoins222 Pillar of the Community United States 1699 Posts	Posted 03/30/2014 10:02 pm The 1964 nickel is no doubt, a genuine mint error. Edited by ErrorCoins222 03/30/2014 10:04 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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