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New Member
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Hey guys here is one that has me saying "Hummm..." This is a 1953D Wheat cent, it is copper in color, reeded edge only at the top of the collar and just slightly smaller than a dime. I cautiously did the ring test, but there is no classic copper ring, just a thud. I have read that laminated silver is make a thud. Hopefully I'm saying everything right, please let me know if I'm not lol. Anyway this does not look like a post mint error... What ya think?      *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
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I am almost certain that the reeding on the edge of a dime is from the collar used during striking. Were this to be a genuine wrong planchet error, I think it should not have reeding.
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New Member
 United States
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Yes indeed I have read about this and what kinda I thought when I found it... What do you think about the sound the sound it makes, no ring to it at all. I need to put a new battery in my scale which I will do this evening. Butit actually feels heavier than my other copper cents. Possible brass?... Thanks!
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I am almost certain that the reeding on the edge of a dime is from the collar used during striking.  True. Looks like PMD. Edited by Mark1959
02/13/2017 11:25 am
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New Member
United States
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I found this on Coin Talk... By far am I an expert, but this makes sience :) If there are Lincolns struck on Cuban one centavo planchets they would have to be 1953 or 54. 1953 was the only year they had a centavo that wasn't silver colored. (either coppernickel or aluminum) A cent struck on a Cuba one centavo planchet should be very easy to spot though, the Cuban planchet is 2 mm smaller in diameter than the Lincoln Cent. I'm not sure how they could occur though, because we didn't strike the 1953 Cuban centavos. What I don't know though is whether or not we created the planchets for Cuba. Maybe it is brass, but I'm sure if it was filed down the value is low... |
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Pillar of the Community
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The unevenness of the rim/reeding suggests PMD to me, like someone tried extra hard to make a "dime". |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That looks like what a kid would do in the 50's and 60's. File down a penny, sometimes create "reeding" and use it is a hand crank dime machine. In the 1960's, the machines went by size and thickness.
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Rest in Peace
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w/ Alps & Coin, it is made up by someone w/ time on hand, wish I had that...there was one posted yesterday or before, the exact same. Good explanation to get a buyer for eww-boy coins, I wonder just how many get suckered there daily! I want my new emjoi! The dancing lollypop! Besides which, reeding on planchets doesn't go all OVER the rim, even after stamped! Edited by Crazyb0
02/13/2017 1:01 pm
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New Member
United States
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Very interesting lol, The things people used to do to make their pennies go a little further lol.
Thank you all so much! :)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bit of mischief here, did it myself long ago.  to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
02/13/2017 4:44 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pay phones were a target of almost anything and everything that would work. Some tried washers too.
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