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*** Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. It's essential to have it in the title. ***I found this weird cent in a bag of wheat pennies I got from my local bank. Do you think this coin is an error, or just post mint damage?  
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Bedrock of the Community
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 To CCF! What's the weight of your coin? If the weight is normal, then it's a Greaser. If the weight isn't normal, then it could be a rolled thin planchet. Errers and Varietys.
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@ana, first welcome to CCF. Second, another possibility is that this cent was worn unevenly while it was in circulation. Knowing the weight could help but I'm not sure it is possible to give a definitive answer.
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to the Community I am with Spence on this one, if it was struck on a rolled thin planchet majority of the devices would have been struck on both sides of the coin. |
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If worn down from circulation wouldn't the obverse IGWT and rim be affected?
Edited by RobO411
12/29/2024 10:18 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Indeed, weight please. to the CCF! |
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Thank you everyone!
The cent is 2.9 grams.
Edited by ANAcoincollector
12/29/2024 11:24 am
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Very cool   |
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Interesting looking cent.
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to CCF Well the coin is light from circulation, but not enough to account for what we see on this one. If the rims are looking pretty much normal, is the coin overall thinner than a 'normal' cent of the same year/mint? |
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The rims look pretty normal. The coin also seems to have the same thickness as any other penny of that same year and mint.  |
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I'd say considering the amount of wear seen on this coin I think 2.9g is not out of line.
Edited by Chase007
12/30/2024 09:55 am
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to the CCF If this was circulation wear, I'd think the sides would wear down evenly. There is too much difference between the two. In the 20s there are a lot of cents that were struck with very different die state dies between the front and back. Maybe this is the same thing? |
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The missing details were removed by buffing.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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to the Community! |
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Is buffing coin polishing? Also, do different die states make coins look like this?
Edited by ANAcoincollector
12/31/2024 11:18 pm
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Posted 12/29/2024 05:32 am
