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denny7000 Pillar of the Community Canada 1018 Posts	Posted 10/18/2017 8:04 pm Found this today while looking through a bucket of pennies. Book weight is 2.5gr actual weight is 1.47gr. Report this Post to the Staff

darryldarryl Pillar of the Community Canada 2426 Posts	Posted 10/18/2017 8:45 pm Hi Denny7000, I just had eye surgery today and am viewing your coin with blurry vision from only one eye. Please weigh your coin as I believe it to be a regular penny that was stretched. Report this Post to the Staff
denny7000 Pillar of the Community Canada 1018 Posts	Posted 10/18/2017 8:51 pm Darryldarryl hope your surgery was a success. The third pic shows the coin side by side with another 1983 and it is slightly smaller in diameter. Coin weighs 1.47gr Report this Post to the Staff
darryldarryl Pillar of the Community Canada 2426 Posts	Posted 10/18/2017 11:34 pm Hi denny7000, Unfortunately it wasn't that successful. Have to go back for more surgery. Congrats on your find. I didnt pick up on the weight mentioned above. Report this Post to the Staff
denny7000 Pillar of the Community Canada 1018 Posts	Posted 10/19/2017 02:01 am Good luck with the eye surgery, something like sight we shouldn't take for granted. Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 10/19/2017 02:03 am Looks a little like a Dryer Coin. That would cause the rim to be wider and the coin to be slightly smaller. Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 10/19/2017 02:24 am Unless I'm mistaken, the coin in question is thinner and narrower in diameter than a normal coin while being significantly underweight, as well. A Dryer Coin can account for smaller diameter but, not a thinner edge and lower weight. I dont know on this one because it almost looks broadstruck while being thinner and lighter. Maybe more pics are in order? How about obverse and reverse comparison pics straight on with a normal cent? In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
ace_ftw Pillar of the Community Canada 1747 Posts	Posted 10/19/2017 1:59 pm with the lack of beads on both sides, as well as the almost undistinguishable hexatangular (?) edging this coin looks to me to be on a foreign planchet, or perhaps a undersized one? this is definalty not a Dryer Coin Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10459 Posts	Posted 10/19/2017 2:44 pm I am impressed!! Most coins from the 1980s struck on thin planchets are not struck so well in the devices... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
denny7000 Pillar of the Community Canada 1018 Posts	Posted 10/19/2017 7:59 pm Here are a couple pics next to another 1983. It is far bead non-magnetic. Edited by denny7000 10/19/2017 8:02 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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