Blank Plated Penny Planchet With Error

Rubeng, Rookie here thinking very little doubt in my mind its a planchet fixing to be struck. I see the planchet went through the upset process. Zinc planchet should weigh 2.5 grams.

I think I see collar contact marking on the second pic running through the rim, with the die stopping during the strike process in the first pic.

Maybe due to an abrupt power outage stopping the press during the strike. Just another point to ponder. Thanks, Doug.

PS: It could have been thrown clear during the normal production run, but find it hard to picture as I think we're talking thousands of a second for that to happen and clear contact was made.

It's simply a damaged blank planchet. No amount of hypothesis changes the fact that the damage is not the same as anything that would be caused by the mint.

It never entered a coining chamber, the damage is not from a die press.

This is not an incomplete clip, as the planchet would not be bent and there would be an equally cut area on the reverse, not bent.


The appearance of this coin is not the result of anything that happened at the mint. Rather, it is a blank planchet that was subsequently damaged outside the mint. (Even if someone screwed with a blank planchet within the mint, it is still simply damaged, as nothing on this planchet suggests it's appearance was caused by minting equipment)