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Valued Member
United States
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I am not asking about this as if I think it has value or anything, I am just curious what is up with this cent. It is pretty beat up but what is going on with it I don't think has anything to do with the wear. It has a pretty deep channel running part way down the coin. As you can probably tell by the picture the letters in the channel seem to be "Taller" then on the higher parts of the field. I am pretty sure there is no glue or anything on the coin(tried acetone). The blurriness on both sides of the channel is from shooting the picture through a loupe. Any idea whats up with it?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
750 Posts |
Moses parting of the Red Sea carried over on this cent? Ex.14:21-22
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United States
3242 Posts |
Looks like a bad planchet.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7629 Posts |
The die was gouged. Gouges like these are somewhat common, but these are deeper than most I've seen. I would imagine a small premium as a curiosity, but it's not a barn buster.
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Valued Member
 United States
145 Posts |
Thanks guys. Sure would have liked to have found an unc example.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3507 Posts |
lets see a picture of the entire reverse...
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Valued Member
United States
145 Posts |
Hope they are clear enough, took them free hand as my tripod is not here right now. First picture is as straight on as I can get without blocking light(camera needs to be within about an inch to macro focus). Second picture is about 30 degrees from edge on.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I've seen this one before going through rolls. I've got one.... somewhere... What year and mintmark?
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Valued Member
United States
145 Posts |
It is a 1944s..
And anyone know why there is such a big blank area on my last post?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Those are RR tracks made to commemorate our great RR system.  Wierd line running through A and I in the lettering on the reverse. Odd coin for sure. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3507 Posts |
I wanted to see if I could see evidence that the cent was struck over something else. But I see nothing that indicates that. I would go for the gouges in the die theory at this point.
Thanks for posting the reverse.
Bill
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Valued Member
United States
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The line through the A & I is just a scratch.
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Posted 09/06/2007 10:13 am
