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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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Why are the "clips" angled? When coin stock goes through a stamping machine it would be straight up and down - No?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Definitely PMD. Someone cut the edges with something. Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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The steel is exposed and rusted in the clips. That says the zinc plating probably isn't present in the holes. Since the zinc is plated onto the steel planchets after cutting, that shouldn't be the case. Also, the diameter of the clips is too small. I think it's PMD. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Good eye, Brand!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Definitely not clips.
A curved clip would follow close to the contour of a cent.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Moderator
United States
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I agree, PMD. Interesting find though. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks everybody. Goes in my oddities box.
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Forum Dad
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Since the zinc is plated onto the steel planchets That's not true, the sheets were plated, then they were punched out. That's why most of them rusted, the edges were exposed. (Googler AI is wrong) |
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Goes in my oddities box.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Indeed, the zinc was plated onto the sheet rolls? I hadn't heard that before—not that I hear much about steel cents—but I guess that makes the 1943 zinc plated steel process unlike the 1983+ copper plated zinc process?
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Correct. The sheets were plated, then punched. If you find a steel cent with the edge plated, then it has been reprocessed (re-plated).
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Forum Dad
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Look at this, Google AI contradicts itself in the same entry...  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for the information. More to learn every day.
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Posted 08/17/2025 11:30 pm
