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Ok, here's a real "whatsit". a 1983-P cent, zinc planchet, no copper plating, and about the size of a nickel!! but the proper weight of the cent!? 2.6 grams. any thoughts? Jim.  Image:  IMG_6861.jpg83.54 KB Image: IMG_6862.jpg88.95 KB Image: IMG_6863.jpg73.45 KB Image: IMG_6864.jpg90.54 KB |
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So what do you think? I think it's a novelty piece, because a mint coin this size would take special dies. Looking at the obverse, the portrait, date and LIBERTY are slightly different too. |
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Edited by chrycopaul
07/23/2008 02:53 am
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very strange, your 82 is slightly larger than a normal cent, the argument could almost be made on that one that it just slipped it's collar. But my 83 is SO much bigger in diameter, and none of the details are stretched or out of place. But your edge looks identical to mine, even bent a little like mine too. definately worth talking about. :)
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Maybe someone was making the 1983 bigger to better see if it was a double die. Seriously, I think these are post mint playthings. Someone was having fun. They are an impossible error.
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United States
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Is it possible for these things to be heated so much that they can be "stretched"? That would account for the rims remaining the correct size. Cazn you put a micrometer in the fields,(or someplace flat on both sides when pinching), and see if it's the same thickness as a normal cent?
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These are post-mint experiments made from real coins, but are not errors. I don't know the exact process, but it was not done at the mint.
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United States
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High heat is a likely suspect. Another possibility and one that is encountered can be accomplished by putting a coin between two heavy pieces of belting leather and then hitting the coin through the leather with a heavy hammer. It takes several whacks but I've seen people do this as an experiment and stretch a cent to the size of a nickel. It doesn't do much but slightly bend the coin if the hammer blows are not perfect.
Thanks,
Bill
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wow, well it is a cool conversation piece anyway.
thanks guys!
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Posted 07/23/2008 02:45 am
