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Rest in Peace
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If you are talking about the dark color on the left,that's from environmental exposure, also called toning. If it's severe enough, it's called environmental damage.
It has no additional value.
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 to the forum,  with moxking,it looks like an environmental damage,perhaps spent some times under ground! |
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If you are talking about the dark color on the left,that's from environmental exposure He might be talking about the differences in size - if those pictures were taken side by side and not photoshopped.  Edited by Mark1959
08/15/2017 3:41 pm
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I am not sure.  It is wider than the real one, and that edge hints that it may be a fake coin. Not fake designed to fool someone, maybe fake as in a token used in a board game. What does it weigh? and about how thick is it? |
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Could be a "Texas" cent. John1  |
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It is known as a " Texas Cent" because, as you may know, everything is bigger in Texas  Place a cent between two pieces of leather and beat it with a hammer. The resulting coin loses the majority of its plating and increases in diameter yet retains the design in an enlarged form. |
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First, I just noticed if you flipped them over equally to show the obverse the larger coin is upside down - Instead of being right side up like the US minted cent?. That question would have to be answered to get a better idea of what your coin really is.
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08/15/2017 3:59 pm
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coin orientation, weight 2.5g, thickness 1.85mm, diameter 20.40mm
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08/15/2017 4:13 pm
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The photo of the edge shows that it was pounded out of shape. It lost some copper along the way. Damaged coin.  People do weird stuff to coins. |
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"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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The photo of the edge shows that it was pounded out of shape. True, and after looking closer it's been pounded slightly out of round. |
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Somewhere in my stash is a "Texas Quarter" - a Nickel that was pounded out to the size of a Quarter. Why bother with a Cent?  |
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I'm not convinced on the Texas Cent theory. Why is it 'zinc' and why is it thicker 'after' the supposed flattening (almost as thick as a nickel)? Also I can't find any info on a ' Texas Cent'...other than on this site. |
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It may appear thicker but it is within the right weight,the edges of the last pic. is indicative of a tampered coin I would lean toward being flattened either by hammering or use of another device!
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Since the design elements on your coin are larger than the ones on a normal cent, yours could could not have come out of the mint's presses in its current state. Therefore, if it is real, it PMD and not an error coin (sorry). The design sizes from pressing one coin to another cannot change (nor can coin diameters). Therefore, you are left with at least the following two options: 1. You have something made as a novelty item 2. Yours is a TX cent. Your saying it is thicker than an normal cent seems to mean it is not a TX cent (unless there is some logical way to explain how a cent could be squashed and grow in thickness at the same time). Hence option one would seem to be the logical conclusion. I know it is possible to shrink the diameter of coins using very high power capacitors, I have not heard of people expanding them though. Has someone come up with a new process? Quote:
Why is it 'zinc' If it is a real cent that has been altered, it would have to be copper plated zinc because every cent made for circulation after 1982 (and some in 1982) have been copper plated zinc. |
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