1950 Wheat Back Steel On Back Side Copper On The Front

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zteetersjr New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 11/11/2018 4:52 pm My grandfather was a well known coin collector appraiser etc.. back in the 1960's-1970's when he passed away I received some cigar boxes full of coins already packaged up graded and marked for resale or marked to keep. In this collection was a 1950 penny that appears to be steel on the wheat side and copper on the Lincoln side g-pa has it marked as 1950 silver penny "ODD". any info would be greatly appreciated. by the way, Hello I am new to the site and hope to fit in and make friends. ZT-Jr. Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 11/11/2018 5:43 pm Guessing that the one side was plated in an attempt to deceive, perhaps. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 11/11/2018 5:46 pm To the Forum. Can you show the edge of the coin ? Report this Post to the Staff
zteetersjr New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 11/11/2018 6:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff
zteetersjr New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 11/11/2018 6:36 pm 1st pic is silver side up, 2nd silver side down I don't understand the point of "deception" it is still a penny? Report this Post to the Staff
jasper62 Pillar of the Community United States 2189 Posts	Posted 11/11/2018 7:08 pm Quote: I don't understand the point of "deception" it is still a penny? The purpose of deception is to make lots of money by misleading or deceiving the less informed. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34430 Posts	Posted 11/11/2018 7:09 pm @ZTjr, the point of the deception is that this may be a so-called Magician's coin--two cents were halved and then joined together. Usually when we see these posted on CCF, they are two heads or two tails, but I don't remember seeing one like this. The damage to both cents has destroyed any numismatic value, but as a curio it should have some value. I'd save this in a 2x2. "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 Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 11/11/2018 7:09 pm It may have been painted? But it looks real smooth to be that. Is there a seam on the reverse rim? They make magic coins using parts of two coins. Look at the rim on the image on the left. You can see a double lines on the rim where the reverse was added to the obverse: Note how they are made. Report this Post to the Staff
zteetersjr New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 11/11/2018 7:21 pm it does not appear to be two coins , but possibly could have been painted with some type of chemical. I gently scraped the edge and the coin appears to be copper although the silver did not come off? Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 11/11/2018 8:37 pm What is the weight? If it has been altered, then it would be lighter in weight. Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 11/12/2018 02:05 am Interesting. I can't think of anything that hasn't already been suggested. 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
jbuck Moderator United States 189673 Posts	Posted 11/12/2018 4:59 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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