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I will try to post pics later, but I was going through some pocket change that I had collected and a LMC I found had a normal obverse with a blank reverse. It basically looked like a normal blank planchet when looking at the reverse; no signs of anything on it (just some wear and dings from circulation). The obverse looked completely normal. I wasn't sure how that happened or what type of error that it would be. It looks kinda cool so I thought I would ask the experts here. Thanks for any help/info! Edited by spaceace
08/27/2010 12:19 pm
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I'm no expert but I am pretty sure it's PMD. If the obv. is struck up it had to have a rev. die or the obv. couldn't have got well struck. I know that I worded it weird but a pro will chime in soon.
John1 
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Good point John. I wondered how the obverse could be well-struck while the reverse is basically blank. It seems to be consistent on the thickness and it doesn't have any marks where it looks like it was ground down or anything. The reverse surface of the coin looks like a normal planchet...wouldn't the color appear different if the penny was worn down or ground down enought to remove all the details? I couldn't think of any way that the mint could have erroneously produced this coin, but I am not that well versed in the methods used.
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A pix will help a lot and if you could weigh it that would help also.
John1
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A capped die couldn't cause this?
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Does reverse have a well defined rim? If no, ground down. If yes, ?
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There is one way to strike a coin and have one side well struck up and the other side blank and that is if two planchets enter the coining chamber at the same time. But if that happens the blank reverse will NOT look like a blank planchet, not will is be flat and smooth, especially at the edges.
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There doesn't seem to be much of a rim on the reverse. It seems to be PMD but it is very odd and well-done. I'll still try to get pictures up soon. Thanks for the input so far. |
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I also have a Lincoln Cent the same way. If I can find it I will post some pictures of mine. The way spaceace discribed his you would think he has mine. Or does he? |
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Cool. Post a pic slab crazy. I don't have my camera up and running so my pic might be a bit, but I would enjoy seeing your coin.
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