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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very nice! The damage could have happened during the minting process. Maybe it got caught in the machinery?
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd expect it to have more of the color of a 1980 cent
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am not so sure, the edge looks like it could have been filed down. A side picture may help.
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Valued Member
United States
465 Posts |
There isn't a rim. I think it was ground down on purpose.
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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I'd expect it to have more of the color of a 1980 cent  OTOH it doesn't seem to have the color of a nickel either, unless that's just glare. Nickels should be much thicker than cents AFAIK. So I'm not sure this level of filing down/clipping (if that's what it is) would be sufficient to bring the weight down this much - but I hadn't done the math and I'm not sure where to start. |
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It is definitely copper just not sure if it would be worth sending to be graded
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Moderator
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@foo, can you please add a picture of the edge to this thread? Thx.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Fooltraveln, Please properly crop photos before posting them...thanks. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Two or three end-on pics might help. Interesting.
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Forum Dad
United States
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It is definitely copper just not sure if it would be worth sending to be graded Why, exactly, do you say that? I ask because it certainly does not look like copper at all. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think the photos are throwing the color off a little but this is definitely a nickel struck on a cent planchet.
It has a copper color and the correct weight and well worth sending in as these are $200+ off metal errors.
I've seen that damage on these errors before so it may be mint related. Not sure though.
Neat error!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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the tooling marks, like that at Unum, are suspicious
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Moderator
United States
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I'd like to see better images showing the true color of this coin. it shows a nickelish color as well as some copper colors too.
an edge on image may help as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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the colors, with the copper wash at the deeper areas, are a better match for a clad planchet, such as a dime, but the weight is too high to be a dime
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I am pretty sure that this was struck on a cent planchet. Weight is correct and you can see the copper color.
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