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What Is Going On With This 1975 Penny?

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 Posted 01/06/2015  10:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Altaira to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If there was something on one of the dies, the other side of the coin will be well-struck. There shouldn't be any bending of the coin. Also, the more obstruction there is on the die face, the stronger the rims and unobstructed devices will be. Doesn't look like it's the case with this coin.
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 Posted 01/06/2015  11:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add denny7000 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks to all who have posted an opinion so far, I am more perplexed than ever now. It seems I may have a unique coin. I have looked at both sides of the coin now more than any other I have. I need a break, off to play poker online. Thanks again.
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The damage was there before it ever got near the striking chamber in fact the Blakesly effect you see is from the upsetting mill not the die. IMO
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I see three things here:


  • the planchet was flawed prior to the rolling mill, the dovetailing of the rims shows that

  • the rolling mill (which creates the rim) probably caused a partial lamination, a weaker spot at the edge of the coin would create a small Blakesley Effect

  • the coin was then struck, and the lamination detached itself sometime after the coin was struck, the weak spot on the rim was subjected to post-mint damage, possibly from rolling machines


One question, have you weighed the coin?
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 Posted 01/07/2015  12:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Alexer to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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lamination detached itself sometime after the coin was struck,

That would be the Key move..
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 Posted 01/07/2015  1:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add denny7000 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
No at this point I no longer have a digital scale available so I haven't weighed this coin. So this is a flawed planchet creating a blakesly effect and a subsequent delamination after striking.
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