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New Member
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  Just found this coin that looks like it is a matted pair. There is a little indent in the center front of the coin and a raised area in the center of the back of the coin. 1943 S steel USA penny Does it have any value?
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Bedrock of the Community
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A damaged coin is just worth face. People sell them and people buy them. But to a true collector, they are just a damaged coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
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 To CCF! It's not an error. It's been damaged after it left the U.S Mint. No added value. Damaged coins don't carry any premium. Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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to the CCF! It looks like the center was punched and then rotated about 90 degrees. Nothing in the minting process could have caused it. It's just PSD. 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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Bedrock of the Community
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Just deliberate damage. to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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So how do they add it back to the coin. Simple. You freeze the punchout, and press it back into the hole while it is still cold. (Cold makes the metal shrink, and warming makes it expand)
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04/06/2020 7:17 pm
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Rest in Peace
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So how do they add it back to the coin. Simple. You freeze the punchout, and press it back into the hole while it is still coin. (Cold makes the metal shrink, and warming makes it expand) Thanks coop for that info , never knew that .  |
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to the Community! |
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New Member
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Thank you for all you posts and the welcome messages! I appreciate all your help!
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Bedrock of the Community
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How do I know this is true. I was a farm boy in Iowa and My Father had a tractor that needed new sleeves in it (On the older Farmall Tractors, they would put the steel sleeves in the block instead of re-surfacing. The sleeves were kept in the freezer until they were installed into the engine. We would pull the old ones out with a sleeve puller and then put the cold ones into the block of wood tapping them into place until they were flush) So that cold theory was introduced into a 10 year old boy. As he was putting it back together, he ask? "Now where does this go?" (he was serious) So I pointed out where it was to placed and he was amazed as this was the first time I had worked on an engine before. (He handled the tools, I was the video camera 35 years before they were being used. An un-cluttered mind was put to good use) https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/...BEgJeVvD_BwEWhat they looked like. Edited by coop
04/06/2020 7:27 pm
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Very cool. coop!  |
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