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New Member
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So I got this Wheat penny that's flaked and smeared. I've had it confirmed authentic but they couldn't confirm any other info. I'm trying to figure out if its one of a kind, the value possibly, and ideas om what to do with it.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Need better pictures of the obverse.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12477 Posts |
Can you post a closer pic of the obverse?  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Moderator
 United States
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to CCF. Need better photos,please crop and rotate properly before posting as well. John1 |
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New Member
 United States
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Sorry its really hard to get the camera to focus.  |
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Valued Member
United States
79 Posts |
Some of die damage ? I can still see the 1 and 9 .
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Valued Member
United States
79 Posts |
I think cropping and focusing is the key here .
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New Member
United States
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Thats clearest picture I can get. It weighs 3.061g and is even edge width the entire coin. The IN GOD WE is smeared off but completely even and unscratched. The back is a perfectly normal undamaged Wheat penny. The Coin and Gold shop by me said it was flaked but the largest flake they'd ever seen on any Wheat penny. They offered a pretty large amount of money but I wanted more opinions about the coin. |
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Valued Member
United States
79 Posts |
Hmm, someone's flacked,lol (not you ) . Why does it weigh over 3 grams ? Wheaties weigh typically 3 and Memorials 2.50 g.
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Moderator
United States
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3.11 +/- .13 is normal. The piece fell of accounting for the weight reduction.Nice find. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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At that weight it could be struck through a large piece flakes off another coin. The loss of IN GOD WE appears to be a lamination issue on this coin. Just guessing, as a struck through should show some of the design or effect from the flake.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think it may have been struck through a disintegrating die cap.
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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Valued Member
United States
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a what ? I'm kind of new to error coin collecting. Please explain for us .
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I agree as a lamination issue for the coin. 1. Note the ghost like shape of the affected area and the 2. reverse is not affected. 3. Weight is under. All three confirms it as a lamination issue.  |
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United States
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to the Community! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Genuine error, strikethrough. Whatever it was struck through fell away and the coin is of normal weight. It is a significant error because the strikethrough was so large but the value is still not going to be that great, you not going to retire. Dinner for you and a date at a fast food place maybe.
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