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Bedrock of the Community
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To me, this looks like deliberate damage. PMD. Edited by Coinfrog
10/16/2020 5:00 pm
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Really? Wow. I thought one of the mints waffle dies got mismatched with a regular die.
That's why I brought it to the Experts here!
Thank you Coinfrog!
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That is an odd one though.
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Bedrock of the Community
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If the mint "waffled" this cent, it would I believe appear differently (another row of waffles?), but if it was mint waffled, it would be worth LESS than a cent as it would be canceled. Since the waffling appears different than the mint would create, I agree with Coinfrog, this is just deliberate post mint damage. I'm not sure how you would say the obverse is without damage when fingerprints are very visible and it appears to have had heavy wear. Without the damage on the reverse, based on the obverse, this cent would not grade very high, in my opinion.  |
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On the obverse, I just meant no visible signs of damage in the form of being smashed or pressed looking, or bent, as I would expect if someone laid it flat and smashed the impression into the reverse, or it was squeezed in a vice. It obviously has nearly a 100 years of wear damage on it, both sides.
I will continue the hunt.
I sincerely thank you all for taking the time to look and comment so I may learn!
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Bedrock of the Community
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It's possible it is a post-strike delamination, but I would expect some of the reverse design to show through, even if just a tiny bit. The ridges are fairly regular, as well, leading me to believe that it was intentionally tooled/machined. Maybe someone started to make a Magician's coin and gave up. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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I do not think the mint even waffled coins way back then. It looks like some kind of PMD. Maybe Mike would like to see it? John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm no expert, but isn't that pattern awfully regular for a split planchet?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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 Note how the edge is not as deep as the trenches? If it was done by machine, then that would not rise near the edge. The compression of the strike on the edge must have prevented this area from not being as shallow as the center as the coin. Also if it were machined, it would be smooth. Not showing pock marks in the affected areas.  Edited by coop
10/17/2020 2:00 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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There is no way this is a split planchet. This was done by grinding. Hence the lite weight. It's to perfect to be a random split. There would be some of the design left ether pre strike or after strike. And as far as one side being left, it wasn't held square to grinder.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Seems illogical to me, but I don't argue with coop. |
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Where is Mike John1 |
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I've sent this coin to Mike for his analysis, will post results when I hear back from him.
Pictures are very hard to review, so an in hand exam by Mike I felt was warranted.
I truly appreciate everyone's input!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very much looking forward to the reply.
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