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AmericanMuscle Valued Member United States 101 Posts	Posted 11/23/2009 5:39 pm Last night I was going through a few rolls from a box I've been working on and came across this: Anyone have some insight on this type of error or found one yourself? Edited by AmericanMuscle 11/23/2009 5:41 pm Report this Post to the Staff

wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 11/23/2009 5:44 pm I think this is a trick/magician's coin! As in, another coin (dime) can fit inside the ring and you can turn a cent into a dime! Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 11/23/2009 5:52 pm Someone hollowed it out for whatever reason. Not a mint error. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
jasper62 Pillar of the Community United States 2189 Posts	Posted 11/23/2009 8:01 pm Looks like an old pizza pan from pizza hut.. I must be hungry Report this Post to the Staff
rockdude Pillar of the Community United States 1807 Posts	Posted 11/23/2009 9:00 pm Looks like it could be a capped die. Two planchets entered the collar at once. Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 11/23/2009 10:01 pm Umm, no...these don't happen at the mint. They are hollowed out for magician's tricks. A capped die looks VERY different from this. Report this Post to the Staff
jokingjoker Pillar of the Community United States 2150 Posts	Posted 11/23/2009 10:09 pm Thats still pretty cool, a keeper for sure! Report this Post to the Staff
tls867 Valued Member United States 187 Posts	Posted 11/24/2009 02:00 am This may be a hollowed out coin, but I have a Kennedy half that has been hollowed out and you can see the machine marks as concentric circles, but I see none here! Report this Post to the Staff
ratman4762 Pillar of the Community United States 2520 Posts	Posted 11/24/2009 02:49 am Quote: but I have a Kennedy half that has been hollowed out and you can see the machine marks as concentric circles, but I see none here! Machine marks can be made to vanish! (After all, it is a Magicians coin) On a serious note though, machine marks like you describe can easily be ground down and the surface polished, after all a cent is made out of softer metal than a clad half. Edited by ratman4762 11/24/2009 02:51 am Report this Post to the Staff
Indian1 Pillar of the Community United States 3640 Posts	Posted 11/25/2009 10:37 am The black areas look like either residue or what was left after the machining was done to remove the material. Report this Post to the Staff
tls867 Valued Member United States 187 Posts	Posted 11/26/2009 02:01 am Always something to learn!, Thanks Ratman. Report this Post to the Staff
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