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New Member
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Greetings all! I had found a VERY similar 1965 Penny like the one I have, key differences between that one and mine is mine is not cut off on the top of the obverse like the other is, but other than that, pretty similar. I do need to find a very accurate scale as the one I have only goes to the whole grams, which in this case was bouncing between 2 and 3, so it's pretty close in the ballpark. Here are the images for your inspections: Other Google searches didn't yield a lot more info, only some ebay sales of this coin. This original topic was about a year and a half ago. I think I've had this coin a good 10 to 15 years, if not more. I originally thought it was a regular copper clad coin that someone did some chemistry experiment on, but for some reason I kept it. Never knew about planchet errors until tonight when I Googled this when I was going through my collection again. Any comments are greatly appreciated!    |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Behind the circulation marks, it seam to has some acidic interferences. Please give a chime of what you see?
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New Member
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After I posted this I did some more digging. Seems there's a couple of instances of the 1965 Lincoln Cent having planchet errors, one was the transitional silver dime planchet error, and then there were other Lincoln cents 1965 and later dime planchets. The transitional silver dime planchet error are definitely more rarer and this is definitely not this, so if this is truly just a dime planchet strike, then that's what this is. varietyerrors.com gave circulated price of $125 but not sure when this was last updated or how reputable this website is. Either way, I'll need to take it to a coin shop and get it weighed to know for sure... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think if you dispel the more likely causes than electing the more fun, and profitable one, you can get an answer and move onto the next coin.
The coin looks acid washed.
If you think its silver and the articles you have highlight a planchet error, get a scale to .01 g, and if it does not weigh in as a copper penny, then move onto the silver planchet hypothesis.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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This coin it is not a transitions coin at 100%. Damage to say this, it is the true.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Yep Looks acid washed. But, check the weight to move on, or move forward. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Just damage for sure.  to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Plated coin. Note the edge, you can see the copper showing through the plating.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As coop says you can see the copper showing through on the edge. Mite be a mercury rubbed coin. I did a few of them back in the day.
Edited by Cujohn
02/23/2022 4:35 pm
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United States
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Ah! As they always say trust your first instincts, and this was mine...that this was treated in some way. But yeah, I'll still get it weighed but I do appreciate y'alls professional opinions about it. On to the next one! Hahaha! Cheers!
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Posted 02/22/2022 11:55 pm
