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Altered cent with added mint mark. Probably someone experimenting to see if they could become proficient at adding a mintmark.
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1950 with damage to the 0 ?
Edited by Keith67
12/31/2023 10:32 am
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 It simply is a corroded 1956 -S Cent |
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It simply is a corroded 1956 -S Cent From what I see, there were no coins minted in San Francisco in 1956. I've been wrong before |
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to the CCF There are no 1956-S Lincoln cents - so this did not leave the US Mint like this. There are probably a thousand ways this came to be, it does not really matter which one you pick because this is simply a damaged coin. |
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I love this forum.
I wondered about the 1956-s being a 1950-s as well so I looked up a solid picture of the 1950-s next to the 1956-s and the zero is shaped completely differently than the 6 so I know that this is without a doubt a 1956. But since no 1956-s pennies were ever made, I was baffled.
I do have a question for MisterT - how do they pull something off like adding a mint mark? Wouldn't the surrounds of the "S" be sunken or something in order to make a "S" where there was none?
I wish I had a better way to see this and show pictures.
Admittedly, I was hoping someone would pop up and say "Wow, you have the rarest coin in the world and you should auction it off and pay off your house".
I hope someone thinks it is real but I understand that it is probably just a fluke.
Keep adding those opinions. This is to fun!
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Soak it in acetone for a day. See what happens.
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Fakers can be remarkably skilled at altering coins. If the coin were new it would be easy to see some discoloration around the S, but it may have been "aged" to obscure the work.
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As stated, there are numerous ways to alter coins and mintmarks. Some are glued in place which is why Keith67 suggested soaking in acetone. If glued, the mintmark should fall off. Sometimes a small hole is drilled in the edge of a coin which allows a skilled person to insert tools to raise the metal into a mintmark. The discoloration around the mintmark area on your coin suggests tampering and since we know that a 1956s doesn't exist, we know this was altered in some fashion after it left the mint. The possibility also exists that this is a 1950s cent altered to look like a 1956. The numeral 6 doesn't look correct as if an extension was added to turn a 0 into a 6. Either way, mintmark or date, this is altered.
Edited by MisterT
12/31/2023 1:51 pm
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Curious. I lean toward a deliberate altertion of a '50-S or even coincidental circulation damage on a '50-S. to the CCF! |
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that '6' looks very odd and out of shape of what we would expect to see. either intentional damage or just a circulation hit.
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to the Community! |
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If I didn't know any better, I'd swear it was a 1956-S cent.
But, I know better.
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