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New Member
Canada
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Found this penny and I don't know what to think about it. Any ideas?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It looks to me like PMD (post mint damage), but I'm interested to hear what the experts think. Part of me is wondering if it could be some sort of bizarre strike-through. |
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New Member
 Canada
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What year do you think it is? 1940?
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Valued Member
Spain
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I'm inclined to say strike through, but the flattening of the rim near the flaw isn't a great sign. Either someone has laid another coin on top and bonked it with a hammer or something, or what ever was struck through was hanging over the rim at the time. I would lean towards the former because it wouldn't be easy for the coin to stay so round if the collar wasn't tight around the planchet, and if it was tight then it would be very difficult for the foreign object to be laying across that much of the rim without overlapping.
Is it bent, even slightly?
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Valued Member
Spain
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Also the error makes it look like his sunglasses just fell off haha
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah, I could see that.  Quote:
What year do you think it is? 1940? It's most definitely 1940. Don't forget the S below the date, though. If you didn't know, that's the mintmark indicating that the coin was struck at San Francisco. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 to CCF. With all the damage to the rim on that entire side of the coin, I am thinking that the "sunglasses" are damage also. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm thinking at some point (post mint) the coin became wedged in between something or another. The uneven marks on the rim lead me to believe it was later manipulated out of what it was wedged into by pulling back & forth. Possibly a floor grate, or rolled by a hand cart & got stuck in the wheel and forcibly removed.
Would you mind posting the reverse?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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May I also suggest that you check the reverse of the coin for the possibility of a Retained Cud (looks like a large rim-to-rim die crack near the wheat ears, maybe post a pick if you are not sure), 1940-S LWC's are notorious for having Retained Cud's, the website http://www.cuds-on-coins.com lists 48 known for that year and mint. |
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New Member
Canada
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 That edge view gives it away. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The edge is usually a tell-tale sign.
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Posted 10/16/2015 03:32 am
