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This 2 cent piece was characterized as a lamination error, but I have some doubts. It seems too symmetrical. So what is it then, a planchet error? It weighs 4.7 g which is a far cry from the proper 6.22 g. The one cent copper planchets were 4.7, but this sure looks like bronze to me. Could also be PMD, acid maybe? I'm at a loss, I appreciate any help.  |
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Interesting piece. What is the diameter?
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 to the CCF! It almost looks as if it was used as a shim. The thick area was protected while the thin outside area was exposed to wear and weather. This is a TOTAL GUESS and really doesn't mean much in the scheme of things. It just looks like that to me. Interesting coin, but it's gonna be hard to figure out what happened. ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Ok so roughly correct diameter for a 2 cent piece, but heavily worn around periphery and consequently about 1.5 g underweight. I agree with @Yokozuna that your coin most resembles one with mechanical wear rather than circulation wear or a mint error.
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Looks like PMD to me for sure. It's 90% likely to be an 1864 date if anyone cares, (full seriff D on United on reverse). I'm with Yokozuna on this, possibly used as a shim, or even had a bottle or washer laying on top of it when acid was poured onto it, intentionally or not, probably sat like that for a long time letting the acid etch away at the exposed metal. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Looks scarry to me. I'd be afraid to touch it.
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Looks to me as if an early machinist may have used this coin for a test punch. Perhaps, the machine was a button press?
Having recently acquired a counterstamped coin that was handled by a business man who died of Yellow fever in Memphis in 1878, the OP's coin doesn't seem scary in comparison.
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That does make sense. Thank you for weighing in and identifying the likely date.
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