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I posted this 1979 penny awhile back.  Two weeks ago I found its 1978 sister roll hunting.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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what are you implying..it may help to start the topic rolling
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these look like cast fakes...especially the 1979
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Man who would cast a fake 1979 penny(especially one that looks this bad). It would cost far more then its worth especially if its made out of copper. Not saying you're not right as I have no idea it just seems like insanity.
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Pillar of the Community
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I believe those are die trails. can you post a photo of the obverse
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Pillar of the Community
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Aren't trail dies unidirectional?
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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,DBM you are probably correct , I am not an expert, just comparing them to other similar coins that were referred to as die trails, There is a lot of information on how they are formed at traildies.com. but I am still new at this. I just read the op's first thread on the 79 and it was called struck through a very thin reverse die cap  Edited by oldmike
03/05/2017 02:04 am
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just spit balling it here, the only thing I see causing such an effect is an extremely thin late stage die cap.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
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"who would cast a fake 1979 penny"
that is not a legitimate argument...
the coins have a very pasty look to them...would love to hear the small cent experts weigh in
Edited by canadian-varieties
03/05/2017 02:16 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Both look like they were struck through a late stage cap.
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Pillar of the Community
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Just tossing this out there...is it a possibility that these were split planchets before the strike or some sort of flawed planchet?
Edited by darryldarryl
03/05/2017 08:29 am
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Pillar of the Community
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 with nickelsguy and thedollarman. It's a nice pair of coin errors - struck-through late stage die cap. |
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In my original thread on the 1979, SPP said that it was struck through a late stage die cap. Both obverses are normal and the pennies aren't pasty looking, just my poor lighting when photographing. They are very cool looking in hand. Now I'm looking for a 1980.
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I don't think the '78 was struck by a late stage die cap.
By the time the cap was pounded enough to form such clear devices the marks in the field should have been reduced to mere wisps only.
I think something else is going on there but I don't know what.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Denny7000, can you give us a weight for these Two Cents please. |
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darryldarryl the pennies both come in at 3.16 grams each
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