Is This 1900 Indian Cent An Error Coin?

smashed and out-of-round= damage

This is what the person who sold the coin said: The 1900 Indian Head penny being described here was created during the first step of the many steps required in creating the planchet strip made at the rolling mill. The INDIAN HEAD was eventually DIE STAMPED on a tapered planchet punched out of the end of a roll of the planchet strip made at the rolling mill. The correct thickness is rolled out and then the strip is fed into a blanking press, where the raw blanks are punched out. Sometimes the end of the roll as it goes through the high pressure rollers at the rolling mill will be jagged on the edge and the tapering occurs as the end of the strip passes through the last rollers and the pressure is lessened as it passes through. and can cause a tapered and very thin edge at the end of the roll by being stretched and crushed slightly as the end of the planchet strip goes between the high pressure rollers. The strip then goes to the blanking press which punches out the planchets...generally the last planchets punched from the end of the strip are caught before going through the final die stamping process. The equipment has advanced since 1900 . So, will this may never happen again.

reports67,
the person that told you that had a nasty case of verbal diarrhea- spewing out all kinds of things and having no actual idea what it really means Nowhere did the seller address the FACT that the coin is out of round and thus, is larger on that side than a normal coin would be. Yes, you can have a coin struck on a tapered planchet and it will be slightly underweight but it will ALWAYS have the same diameter as a normal cent. I would bet that your coin has the full weight of a normal VG Indian Head cent.

I would recommend you see about getting a refund. The seller was either completely clueless or deliberately taking advantage of you, that coin is worth about 10 cents in its damaged condition.







The cent on the right was struck on a thin planchet, it is 0.4g lighter than normal. Notice that it appears to be relatively normal compared to the regular wheatie on the left. Visually, the wide rounded rims and the softness of the reverse at ONE are the best indicators of an abnormal cent. I actually found this one by sound though when I was sorting wheaties on a desk- a thinner lighter coin will ring with a higher pitch than regular coin. If I hadn't been plunking them down on a wood desk, this coin would have ended up in a bulk lot of wheats that I sold.

Yep, it's PMD!