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This Wheat cent pic is from another forum. I can't seem to get an answer as to what date it is, but others are posting that it is struck on a dime planchet and is silver. I think not.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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A reprocessed steel cent that got caught in a dryer for awhile?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I was thinking a wire rim with a little PMD and reprocessed myself |
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United States
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If it were a dime planchet I believe the at the very least the motto lettering would be cutoff.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Agree w Cascade. No way that's a dime planchet.
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United States
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If it were a dime planchet, the collar/die wouldn't have been able to put that much of a rim on it would it?
Edited by BlackNWhite
07/11/2015 11:42 am
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United States
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I saw that the lines in the wheat ears are mostly there. Maybe these details would also be less pronounced on a thinner planchet? The bluish hue of the surface (zinc is this color, silver is not) leads me to agree with BlackNWhite, that this is a steel cent that circulated to accumulate natural wear, then was reprocessed after being damaged somehow. The rim is weird but dime planchet is not the answer in my book. A tissue test would settle this quickly, I'm thinking. |
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Turns out that it is a Dryer Coin. They think maybe a 1946.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Sweden
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Looks spooned to me. If it's magnetic then it's a 1943 Steel penny. If not, then I think it's silver plated. Maybe the light messes up the colour of the coin if so.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Dude says it weighs 3.8 grams.
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Valued Member
United States
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I think regardless of anything else, it's just a plated/reprocessed Dryer Coin. |
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United States
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To much glair to tell for sure, but kind of looks encased to me. Thanks, Doug.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ouch! That wheaty bit the dust.
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United States
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That's a keeper for sure!
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Posted 07/11/2015 10:09 am
