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It looks bent. If so then it may have been clipped off with tin snips. But a closer view of the area would be real helpful. If it is a legit error, the devices should fade next to the affected area:    But a close view would be necessary. It would also help to see if the Blakesley affect is visible. But if the coin is bent, then it might be PSD. (Post-Strike-Damage) |
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@bisme, first welcome to CCF. Second, yikes those pics are really too small to see very much. It could be a straight clip, but with the damage to Roosevelt's head, I'm thinking that it is just purposeful damage. However, if you can post enlarged pics, it would help. Thx.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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My guess, because of damage to forehead and bent. Coin was held in a device and clipped with tin snips.
Dan
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Looks cut. Note the devices near that area are full. On a clip, the devices fade near that affected area. Also on most clips, on one side or both they will show the Blakesley effect on the opposite side of the coin. Note the half dollar above. Fake ones don't have that:  Why? Because the clipped blank, running through the setup step to turn it into a planchet, causes the area 180 degrees opposite the clip to not have the setup proto rim. Note your coin and this fake one doesn't have the effect. Also fake plated zinc cents won't be plated when a cut is made on the coin:  |
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I see what you're saying. There are three questions I still have about the cut part of this coin.
1. What likely caused that clump of melted metal sort of folded over on the one side (on the right of bottom picture)?
2. Why does it have the same reeding as the rest of the coin?
3. Why is the copper core on the opposite side on the cut bit (on the bottom of the rest of the coin in the last picture, but the top of the cut bit)?
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 to the CCF! Unfortunately, this is not a genuine clipped planchet. The rims are cut marks Edited by Nieuw
10/23/2019 07:10 am
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What someone would think of as a Blakesley affect is just where they held the coin with pliers to cut the coin. If the coin were real the Blakesley affect would be 180 degrees from the center of the affected area. closer to where the 'FG' area. Also the devices would show weakness near the clipped area. It is a fake. The un-plated edge is the first thing to look at for a fake. If the Blank/planchet would have been real, then the straight clipped area would be plated.
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