No Date Unstruck Cent-Sized Blank - Non US Mint

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tropicalbats Pillar of the Community United States 6114 Posts	Posted 12/03/2022 11:52 pm This "coin" was being sold as an unstruck planchet. I saw the textured surface on the one side and sort of assumed it was a split planchet and wanted to pick that up. Took a look and it certainly does not seem like a coin blank at all. One rim is rounded toward the edge and the other is pretty crisp, which makes me think it was a punch out. Unsure why the metal roll was textured on one side, but it was. So can't really say why this was made, but at 19.1mm diameter and 2.95g it is so close to cent-sized that I'm thinking it was a blank made either as a straight up slug or as a blank to be struck into a counterfeit. Anyway, interesting one although lots of unknowns, including why it shows inclusions in part of the rough side. No date unstruck cent-sized blank - non US mint Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34416 Posts	Posted 12/04/2022 12:33 am I'm thinking you are right @tb. It is an interesting piece and seems not to have come from the mint. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96386 Posts	Posted 12/04/2022 12:39 am This certainly is interesting. Definitely punched out from a copper plate Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/04/2022 02:36 am This is a blank, but it is not a planchet. Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 12/04/2022 05:20 am It is showing evidence of being ground down, so perhaps it was a copper cent destroyed in an effort to deceive? Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 12/04/2022 7:37 pm I feel it was a planchet, but the one side split off and now is missing and it took the proto rim with it. Report this Post to the Staff
tropicalbats Pillar of the Community United States 6114 Posts	Posted 12/04/2022 10:33 pm Coop, no, it is not a planchet. It is some kind of a blank. I sent these images to Mike Diamond when we were discussing a different coin and here is his response: "It's certainly a copper or copper-alloy blank. A slug is a distinct possibility. Beyond that, I can't speculate on its origin or intended purpose." Report this Post to the Staff
UncleDano New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 12/05/2022 02:03 am Very interesting texture on the one side. Looks like something was impressed there at one time. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188770 Posts	Posted 12/05/2022 4:49 pm Very interesting, tropicalbats and to the Community, UncleDano! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 12/05/2022 8:14 pm Weighs too much to be a split. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 12/05/2022 10:38 pm I would point out a maxim to remember: just because it is round and made of metal, does not mean it must be coin-related. It's not an electrical box punch-out tag, as there are no sprues (unless there's been an excellent filing job done on it). But it may, nevertheless, be some kind of punch-out, made by somebody who needed a nice round hole in their piece of copper sheeting. They have their piece of copper with a hole in it; you have the piece of scrap metal they didn't want. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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