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Valued Member
Canada
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PMD or not? I researched a bit, gut tells me probably not an error. But appreciate your guys opinion.  
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like post-mint damage to me.
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
1358 Posts |
 It looks like post mint damage to me, too. |
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Canada
2784 Posts |
Vatreni the 1942 penny issue they used to weights of copper. yours look like it has a steel center. past a magnet over that coin. it could be the to that planlet is splitting. but if there is steel in the center of that coin. that is definently a keeper. I can tell you it would be worth something. because it should be all copper with a little tin and some zinc. make sure you check. be care full handling that coin not to separate the metals.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2784 Posts |
if that coin is magnetic any at all. wow
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Valued Member
 Canada
115 Posts |
thanks for the opinion guys. rocky unfortunately it is not magnetic. there are older magentic versions of the canadian penny?
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Valued Member
Canada
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I don't believe so Vatreni, Pennies were made of 95-98% copper from 1858-1996. Copper is not magnetic and I have never heard of or seen old magnetic Canadian pennies - they would have to be made of something other than copper.
Not sure what you're referring to rocky... unless it is a mint error struck on a different metal planchet (coin blank) I only know of the USA having steel pennies around the 40's. I don't see anything resembling a steel core.
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Valued Member
Canada
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The newer pennies are made of primarily Steel (magnetic) or Zinc (non-magnetic) which is where the magnetic/non magnetic varieties come from.
Zinc only from 1997-2002
Steel OR Zinc from 2002-2012
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Vatreni when I look at your coin. it look like there is the two sides is pressed on to a metal plate. well in 1942 pennies was not made this way. its like your penny has a separate core in the center. if it does and this coin is real. lets just say you got a coin. that coin would be a keeper. try to take a picture of the edge of the coin. that would help. have a great one
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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? This is a total basket case of a coin. Nothing but PMD. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I agree with Pacificoin. PMD ! Look at all the dings on the coin. Look at the metal flow on the large dent. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It could have been some sort of lamination, but the coin is in such bad shape it doesn.t really matter.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Vatreni, where did you get this penny? A lot of times we play a sort of guessing game, knowing nothing of the past history that might yield clues. It appears to me to have been very heavily corroded at some point in time, obvious by the numerous deep pits and impressions.
But anyone, I'd be curious to know what might cause that area of the rim to separate, then flop over like that? Constant high heat, acid, sewer?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It's not a lamination as I take the third look as the letter would have over struck the rim peel, my guess some jeweller or so try to peel the rim back as something cool to do.
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Valued Member
Canada
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@rocky .. I took a couple of side shots on the edges. There is no magnetism. @wildflowerAB .. I originally inherited this collection of coins earlier this year from someone in my family. It's coin that was in circulation and came through the business. Recently was going through one of the 1940's penny bags that I sorted a few months ago and just found this one. It struck me as bit odd, so I posted it. It was one of the first coins I grabbed out of that bag. My feeling was it was done atferwards, but those lines were very strange almost melted down.   |
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Canada
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Let me jump in here too.  It's PMD Vatreni and, it's not magnetic..  But... 1942 Canada small cents are a bit hard to come by..  Edited by SHAFTA9a
07/18/2016 3:33 pm
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