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PCGS - We've shared a lot of beautiful proof and pattern coins this week. Today, we thought we'd go with something a little bit off the wall, the 1942 J-2060 Brown Plastic Cent graded PCGS SP66.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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That's very interesting!
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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I imagine this is how this coin came to be.
Mint Employee: Hey boss operating costs are up again, what do you think we should do?
Boss: Dunno find a supplementery planchet material that's cheaper.
Mint Employee: Hey boss, can I have that cap off of your coke bottle?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Have never seen one of these! Such an archaic design for the date.
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Mint Employee: Hey boss, can I have that cap off of your coke bottle? I like the concept, but I'm not so sure a Coke cap would have any plastic in it in 1942.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Read Experimental cents and five cent pieces of WWII by Roger Burdette. It explains these. This was not made by the US Mint. Piecse similar to these were made by several plastics companies using US Mint supplied dies. These were part of the testing done looking for a substitute for copper for the cent. The are three different reverse designs that vary with the placement of the letters. These come in different colors depending on the resin used.
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Edited by coop
08/01/2019 2:07 pm
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The Bakelite and the brown plastic pieces in the last two of Coop's pictures are from two of the three rev die designs used. One of the three designs was only used on pieces from one of the manufacturers. I don't have the book here so I don't know if either of these is from the single use rev.
The inscriptions of the rev die were individually hand punched so the easiest way to tell these two reverse apart is the look at the word STATES. On the Bakelite piece each letter is slightly lower than the one before. On the brown plastic piece the letters are fairly even with the final S high.
Edited by Conder101
08/02/2019 11:38 am
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How many of those thick 1942 LWC have survived ? Dan |
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Wow! That is really nice!  |
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Quote:How many of those thick 1942 LWC have survived ? One. |
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