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Hello, I came across this what seems to be very circulated penny with a nickel print. The year is 1995-front has some words cut off...ONLY full legible characters ON FRONT are "IN GOD" and "1995" & BACK "E Pluribus Unum" (faded at unum) "Monticello" and "five cents"..I'm surprised this coin has been in circulation since 1995 w/o being recognized. I wanted to know if anyone knew how much this coin is worth. Any information will be well appreciated. Thank you in advance for your response.  I update my images---the ones earlier were very blurry and reflections were depicting textures/lines that don't exist. Please keep in mind, I am not a coin collector or seller--this is actually the first time photographing a coin. Thank-u    Edited by MorganMor
04/17/2015 3:32 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Did you weigh it? Doesn't look too circulated, might have been recently introduced by accident from a collection. Pretty cool if it's real
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I had a '74 that was in very rough shape that hammered @ 225.
Good eye!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Is that silver color showing through on the high spots or reflection? What does the thickness look like compared with a cent? What is the weight? To me this one doesn't look right? It should be overall dark in color.  |
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The thickness is the same as regular pennies except it's a little more "wavy" around the area where it cuts into the head...it's weight is 2.6grams .. it's pretty circulated I'm sure...the color shining through is part reflection, part clean copper..the entire coin is darker than the pic...the nickel/penny posted on the comments looks almost gold on my screen... but the color of the penny is typical for a circulated penny of that era...thank you everyone for your responses
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it's weight is 2.6grams Welcome to Coin Community, MorganMor. Excellent nick.  If your weight measurement is accurate, that's 0.1g heavy for a Cent planchet from that era. That is no proof of what it is or isn't, but an off-planchet strike on a small planchet shouldn't have the full rim your coin appears to have either. Let's continue talking about this one. |
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United States
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It actually doesn't have a rim...I will take pics with a better quality camera this evening. .I placed the coin on my scale again... same reading..thanks
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New Member
United States
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There is no guarantee that my scale is accurate---my scale was left behind in my home by a friend--n it may be a reason they left it--lol---There is only a partial rim--although it may appear to be more rim in the picture--it is actually just a combination of dirt and a clean edge..
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United States
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If your scale is off, it should give the same "off" reading for a normal cent from the 1990's (up to today even). I would weight a zinc cent and then your "nickel", and see how close the readings are.
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New Member
United States
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the readings on 90+ coin was the same 2.6 reading--thanks--that takes solves a little wonder
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There is only a partial rim--although it may appear to be more rim in the picture OK, cool. I can buy that, and sharp thinking Jake. Let's cut to the chase, MorganMor, since you're in a large metropolitan area. This coin frankly presents a whole bunch of the symptoms of an off-planchet, and little of the damage one would expect from a dryer or mechanical damage. There is one really good dealer in Edna, Gary Adkins, and Great Lakes Coins in Burnsville which might have an XRF to analyze this coin's composition. You'd know the area better than I - aside Gary Adkins (who I'd expect not to need XRF) you want to find a precious metals buyer large enough to have made the 5-digit investment in an XRF analyzer. I'm optimistic, because in the grand scheme of things Jeffersons struck on Cent planchets aren't vanishingly rare. There are a few out there, and as a result, if real this will be worth closer to $250 than $2500. |
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United States
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Being a zinc coin, shouldn't there be zinc showing as the coin spread out?
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New Member
United States
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The coin is not spread out... it's basically the same size as a penny...special thanks to Jake and ssuper Dave for the info!
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United States
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Being a zinc coin, shouldn't there be zinc showing as the coin spread out?
Good question. But if it's not a Zlincoln planchet, we're farther in the weeds than when we started.  All the same, let's talk more about it. |
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United States
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Since "E PLURIBUS UNUM" appears to be fully struck I think you should see the rim from around the 'E' to the top right corner of the Monticello on the reverse and on the obverse you should see the rim from around "IN" to around the '5' in "1995." And the rim should then taper off
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Good question. But if it's not a Zlincoln planchet, Why do think it might not be? The weight is right for a zincoln, and the date on the nickel, 1995, makes a copper planchet pretty much impossible and a zincoln planchet very likely. Edited by Conder101
04/18/2015 11:36 am
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