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Valued Member
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i have a 1994 dime that look just like that. are these coins worth anything? or dose this hsppen alot?
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I'm still trying to figure out what this is. Your dime may be broadstruck. This is not. Post a picture of your dime.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Post it in the errors forum for bill, mike and chuck to look at. It's quite strange, I've never seen one like it.
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Valued Member
United States
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I think it might have been microwaved. Heated to expansion then discolored when it cooled. Why, because that sounds like the kind of stuff we would have done in shop if we had had a microwave. I do have acid dipped cents to 1.2 grams with great detail, a chrome 1953 D a 1948 with the inside half of the 8 removed so it's a phony looking 3.
Just a guess though.
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Valued Member
United States
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If the coin were a railroad rim, would not the features inside the rim be the correct size ? The cent shown has a distorted enlarged bust of Lincoln, I think.
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Valued Member
United States
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OK. Heated then pounded out.
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The cent shown has a distorted enlarged bust of Lincoln, I think.
Exactly. That is exactly what it looks like. I am starting to believe the only way this is possible, is because of heat too. It does look distorted  swcoin.ecrater.com
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Never tried this, but place a coin between two pieces of leather and squeeze in a vise. You would probably have the same thing? The edge is affected because the planchet is squeezed to flatten and widen the devices. I don't have a vise to try this, but I feel this is what happened.
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05/16/2010 05:17 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
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The edge of this coin does not show a partial collar. A partial collar has expanded metal (or a flange) on one side only. This coin has expanded metal on both sides like we see on coins broken out of lucky coin holders. This looks like a Texas coin to me with something done around the edge. Maybe it was smashed out to expand into some novelty holder and then broken out but that is just a guess. Either way it happened outside of the mint. This is post mint damage and not an error.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is, in fact, a " Texas Cent". The coin was flattened (crushed or hammered) between two pieces of leather or other somewhat giving material. Proportional expansion of the design on both faces is an impossibility for a genuine strike. The flattened design and a concave edge are also clear signs of alteration outside the Mint. Error coin writer and researcher.
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Thank you Mike. I'll file this one away as such.
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Mike is, of course, right on the money. It is a " Texas Cent" as they are called and it was hammered to that size. |
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