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Hello all. I am a jeweler by trade and know nothing about coins beyond the metal value. Sometimes I get a coin in on an estate purchase that is not in the books. Below is one such coin. Can you tell me if it is real or fake? If real, any guess as to value would be great.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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First of all Welcome to CCF! Unfortunately, this one is definitely out my league. I'm leaning towards post strike damage but I could be a legit mint error, I am not sure. Best of luck
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 to CCF. Looks like PMD to me also. Is your CCF name in reference to the series MASH? John1  |
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Thanks for the kind welcome all.
MASH junkie here. Busted.
Unfortunately, I will only be able to bring questions to the table, not answers. I have never sold a coin save for gold bullion coins. I have almost two five gallon buckets full I am saving for when I retire. I figure it will give me something to do with my spare time.
This one just had me curious. I couldn't figure out what I was looking at.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Would be interesting to get a weight on the coin. Assume it's not a '43 steel cent?
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Pillar of the Community
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No offense, but do you guys seriously have considerations that its a double struck coin? It was obviously hit with some sort of hammer over and over again. You can even see the lines and what looks like letters of a logo around it.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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An obvious hammered-out fabrication.
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Pillar of the Community
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It was a nice lam error, before someone messed with it.. PMD |
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Pillar of the Community
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Is that not a struck through nail? Looks like it's poking through on the obverse
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Pillar of the Community
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Trapperjohn: Looks like a Micro Alien Crop Landing Error Coin >> VERY RARE COIN..They have come to take our copper.   Nice lam error. Edited by Daves Errors
08/28/2019 12:41 am
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All kidding aside, the reverse shows what was a nice lamination flaw running north/south. That's a real error. Unfortunately, it was severely, and intentionally, damaged post-mint. It looks like a large punch or machined metal rod was used in combination with a hammer to make those impressions on the obverse. The concentric lines there look like lathe lines. Unfortunately, it has zero value. I don't know if you can even safely spend it as a 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
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It looks like a large punch or machined metal rod was used in combination with a hammer to make those impressions on the obverse. The concentric lines there look like lathe lines. I figure those concentric rings are from the machined hammer head itself. At any rate, it was a nice lamination before that.  |
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It does have value,as a learning tool and the copper value. I think it is still against the law to melt it though  John1 |
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John1: How is it when you think about all them coins SITTING IN A BUCKET in some ones garage waiting to be melted LOL All them S V.D.B's 69 DDO 70's DDO KEY Dates just sitting there waiting for there doom I wanna search them all lol.. |
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Why can I see letters of the EPU on the reverse side, where it looks supposely "Double Struck"? CherryPicker1, not trying to be stupid here, but I honestly just want to learn, so take it easy please.  Errers and Varietys.
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08/28/2019 12:36 pm
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