1954 One Cent, Need Help? Color Off, Flaw Planchette Near Date?

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AliLyn Valued Member United States 88 Posts	Posted 03/05/2020 5:10 pm I have this 1954 penny that has Cud on it and the color is off and letters not legible. It is not copper colored like it should be, weighs 3.2 grams, cannot read letters at top on obverse, appears to be a flaw planchette near date on obverse but that's the only thing close I can find to matching this. It doesn't seem to match photos shown for that error tho. Any help on what happened to this would be great. I've looked everywhere with no luck figuring out what happened to it.Thanks so much! Report this Post to the Staff

nickelsguy Pillar of the Community Canada 2301 Posts	Posted 03/05/2020 5:28 pm Appears it was melted? Not a Cud. PMD in my opinion. Report this Post to the Staff
Daves Errors Pillar of the Community United States 1566 Posts	Posted 03/05/2020 5:34 pm The coin looks to have been cleaned at some point and is well worn. I would lean more towards a nice interesting Cud. There is to much metal in the field and NOT MUCH Disturbance at all to the RIM. Nice find .. Edited by Daves Errors 03/05/2020 5:46 pm Report this Post to the Staff
AliLyn Valued Member United States 88 Posts	Posted 03/05/2020 5:54 pm Hmmm, yeah I guess I didn't doubt the Cud when looking at this coin but also why I'm asking because I'm not sure what happened to it. This coin has been in my possession since my father acquired it back in the 60's and I inherited from him as well as many many other coins. There is also Cud on the obverse as well, as the reverse to the right & down of from the tia in Gratia near the rim. I can post other photos if helpful. Thanks again. Report this Post to the Staff
AliLyn Valued Member United States 88 Posts	Posted 03/05/2020 5:56 pm On a side note neither him or I would have cleaned it but doesn't mean it wasn't prior to his possession of it. Report this Post to the Staff
AliLyn Valued Member United States 88 Posts	Posted 03/05/2020 6:14 pm A few close ups Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10456 Posts	Posted 03/05/2020 6:51 pm Looks like plumbing solder to me. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
AliLyn Valued Member United States 88 Posts	Posted 03/05/2020 11:45 pm That's an interesting theory SPP-OTTAWA, thanks so much for your reply. As a newbie to Canadian errors, and a common question I see on coin errors in general with the coins I have looked up CRH or from inheriting from my dad my first thought is wouldn't it weigh more if something was soldered onto the coin? This weighs 3.2 gr Edited by AliLyn 03/05/2020 11:50 pm Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9862 Posts	Posted 03/06/2020 08:07 am Not a Cud A Cud begins with a die crack from one point on the rim to another. No parts of the field would be seen in the middle of it. A Cud that size would produce a definite weakness of behind it on the obverse. The fact that it still weighs 3.2 grams means nothing, it is a well worn coin with a lump of solder. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
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