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tweak800 Pillar of the Community United States 1249 Posts	Posted 06/30/2015 6:01 pm Not sure what causes this I don't think it is necessarily off centered cause the rim is a little weird . Opinions please>>>> Report this Post to the Staff

CoinHuntingDrew Pillar of the Community United States 4932 Posts	Posted 06/30/2015 6:07 pm MAD/Die deterioration? Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 06/30/2015 6:10 pm Possibly struck on a tapered planchet, weight? Report this Post to the Staff
tweak800 Pillar of the Community United States 1249 Posts	Posted 06/30/2015 6:15 pm well I hat my scale because it only weighs to the tenth but I weigh a regular one and it bounces between 3.0 and 3.1 this one is bouncing between 2.9 and 3.0 ? Report this Post to the Staff
tweak800 Pillar of the Community United States 1249 Posts	Posted 06/30/2015 6:16 pm What is a tapered planchet and are they worth anything ? Report this Post to the Staff
Buddy Rest in Peace United States 7075 Posts	Posted 06/30/2015 6:32 pm If the rollers that create the sheets from which planchets are made are out of alignment, then the metal will be thinner on a portion of the metal and following that, some planchets will be tapered. I'm not sure that is what you have. It looks very much like a very worn die. That mess under the portrait makes me think the die was about to crack apart. But, I'm just guessing.... I suppose all error coins have some premium value. But I'm not sure that worn dies and die cracks count for much. Fun to find but not valuable. Still -- yours is interesting because of that mess under the portrait. Report this Post to the Staff
tweak800 Pillar of the Community United States 1249 Posts	Posted 06/30/2015 10:03 pm Ok I think I understand that been trying to look up picture so I could see that . but looking at the sides it looks normal. But the weird thing is it looks smashed at the top of obverse but it is a BU coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Buddy Rest in Peace United States 7075 Posts	Posted 07/01/2015 7:19 pm It could very well have been smashed. A lot of coins leave the mint with Post Strike Damage and plenty get pulled from circulation by collectors, so that may be what happened. Still that mess under the portrait makes me think it was more than just smashed. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 07/03/2015 10:25 pm I agree with Bio. Tapered planchet. Not how the same area is affected on the opposite side of the coin? The weakness is showing on the rim areas. Report this Post to the Staff
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