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Pillar of the Community
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Edited by Jim0815
05/28/2019 4:33 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like "ghosting" and extensive wear.
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Pillar of the Community
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Coinfrog, you can definitely see the indirect die transfer on the reverse. But what I'm stumped on is that there is a partial rim still showing on the obverse. The rim looks flattened as the bevel on the collar shows and if that hadn't happened the cent would be smaller in diameter than a normal cent yet it still weighs 3.10 grams exactly.
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Pillar of the Community
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here is a pic of the height between the 1930 and a normal Wheat cent. Had the rim not been pushed flat the cent would have been a tremendous amount smaller in diameter. This thing makes no sense.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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jim - I see your points - didn't look closely enough.
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Pillar of the Community
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Coinfrog, I'm just completely stumped with this one. Probably because I haven't seen anything like it.
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Pillar of the Community
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Edited by Willburton
05/28/2019 6:04 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Definitely not Broadstruck. Not an error coin, PSD. Definitely didn't happen at the U.S. Mint. Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Compressed in some way early on (as Grape says, bezel?) and then released into the wild long ago?
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Pillar of the Community
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David, at this point I'm going hold off on it being PSD and here's why. There is a rim 3/4 of the way around the obverse. If there wasn't what appears to be a proto rim I would go all in on the PSD idea. Wholeheartedly I would. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Jim, sorry, but I am not convinced at all that this is an error coin. PSD is my final call for this one. Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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There is a really good chance you're right.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The flattened edge of the coin tells me it was altered. It wouldn't look like that if it was striking issue. The metal would move about in the collar, looking normal, or pushed deeper into the coin as an off center or broad struck coin would create.
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Bedrock of the Community
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That concave edge is commonly seen on coins that have been removed from encasements
Edited by Conder101
05/29/2019 10:50 am
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Coin was removed from an encasement, such as a "lucky penny" or promotional item. The shape of the rim is a hallmark for such coins.
Sean
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