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I have found something odd a 1958 d double die penny that is struck on a dime 
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Pillar of the Community
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Can we get pics of the whole coin and the coins weight?
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New Member
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Valued Member
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Diameter looks to be the size of a cent. I think all of the issues are related to environmental damage.
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Pillar of the Community
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Are you saying that this is the same diameter as a dime?
Why do you think it is struck on a dime?
Why do you think it is a doubled die?
Edited by Pete2226
10/20/2015 12:29 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I see copper on the rim, so something was used to coat the cent. It probably weighs more than the normal copper cent. What is its weight?
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Pillar of the Community
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It looks like it could be a plated cent that has been abused. In the 1950's it was popular to plate cents and use them as jewelery. My guess is that it will be slightly over weight and possibly have some Copper showing through in places because of the wear.
EDIT: I guess Coop said basically the same thing. I had a long night, I need to read other comments better before I post.
Edited by cwb
10/20/2015 1:21 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like an acid soaked 1958 D cent that was struck from a die that had some die chips in it.
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Pillar of the Community
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 with the plated coin. heres a pic of one I have.   or whats left of the plating |
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chipjones, The coin you have is a Dryer Coinhttp://www.lincolncentsonline.com/pmd.htmlQuote:This is what happens to a Lincoln Cent when it falls into a commercial clothes dryer tumbler. Sometime they get stuck and tumble a long time. This gives them the look of a spooned coin, one that has been tapped with a spoon. The details appear wider and smoothed over. Many times the edge will roll over the faces of the coin and give it the look of having a ring attached to it. The damage varies on how long the coin was in the dryer. They have no added collector value. |
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If it was struck on a dime there wouldn't be a full rim on the coin and the outer writing would be "falling off" the edge of the coin. Not to mention the weight is way different, if you have access to a scale for weighing it. Here is a LMC stuck on a dime from my collection for comparison.    |
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Any update with a weight?
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Posted 10/20/2015 11:58 am
