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An Oversized Blank ?

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 Posted 05/07/2026  03:08 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add TerryT to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I came across this one a long ago. I learned there were 2 kinds of blanks; type 1- no rim, type 2-rim. Easy. Put in 2x2.
More recently weighed it and was surprised. The heaviest post-1900 small cents in North America were Canadian small cents from 1920 to 1979 at 3.24 grams. This blank weighs 3.87 grams, 20% over. It's slightly thicker than a blank with a rim.

Could it have been cut from a part of a sheet that was too thick ? One side has a slightly rounded edge, while the other side is square and sharp. The edge shows that it wasn't cut cleanly all the way through.

Is there a reject system for overweight planchets, but this one still made it into circulation, or is it not a coin planchet but something else ?

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 Posted 05/07/2026  10:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Maybe an electrical box medal punch out?
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