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*** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***New here and trying to find out the best place to show pics of this coin to get some Ideas about it. Of course I'm just learning this site as well. 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think that might be a Dryer Coin, could you post pictures of the reverse? |
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Here's a couple more pics. One is of the side under my microscope. The weight was way off when I weighed it. I can't remember what it is but it's thick n my hopes are that it might be on a quarter planchet or some dime planchets. Wouldn't that be cool.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Rest in Peace
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Appears to be a Dryer Coin stopped after a short time, then plated. Fun, but nothing that was issued from the mint that way. |
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United States
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This is also not the right section to post coins for identification. You probably want US Modern Coins-> Varieties and Errors.
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United States
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Thanks @moxking I looked at the Dryer Coins and there is a close resemblance. I spoke of the weight being heavier than normal which if plated might explain it. I pulled the coin out and it weighs 3.76 grams which is a head scratched. I've thought about having it x-rayed with an XRF to see if it is plated copper. Any other ideas on this coin? Thanks Jared. |
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United States
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Your coin was uncased in a bezel. It was a form of cheap jewelry for kids. Some were plated a silver color & some a gold color. I guess it depended on how well you did at the county fair in those days. Look on the reverse at the bottom of your coin and you can see were the eyelet was that a chain would have gone through. It has since broken off. Here's one I found metal detecting a few years ago at an old school yard   Edited by jasper62
10/07/2019 05:22 am
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To CCF! You have just a damaged coin here. PSD. Not an error coin. Errers and Varietys.
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jasper62: Have your tried a magnet on the coin in the bezel? (Not on the bezel itself) If it has a strong attraction, then you might really have something there?
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Have your tried a magnet on the coin in the bezel? Yeah! I checked that shortly after I found it. It was attracted to the magnet like a bar of soap would be  . Oh well maybe next time  . Edited by jasper62
10/07/2019 9:45 pm
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Thank you Jasper. Over the years I have probably seen about a hundred of these plated cents in one of these bezels, with every one of the showing the pulled back damaged edge where the loop was pulled off (which never seems to get noticed until after ten to twenty responses). Yours is the first I have seen that still has the loop attached which shows how the "pull back" happens. Apparently the pull back is part of how the bezel is formed.
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Jasper, I think you've solved the mystery of my coin. It's slightly magnetic around the outside which would be explained by a bezel as well as the weight discrepancy. Your pics are great and I want to thank you for sharing your coin and educating us.
Thanks,
Jared
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