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  • 1957-D Foreign Planchet?

    I was wondering if this could be an foreign planchet or what kind of mint error this could be.
    Obverse picture
    http://www.permitfinder.com/coins/PICT0176.JPG
    Reverse Picture
    http://www.permitfinder.com/coins/PICT0178.JPG
    Side by side comparison, it is smaller than an normal 57-D
    Last edited by chrsb; 09-20-2007, 06:46 PM. Reason: Fix Advertising, made file smaller

  • #2
    It's an "encased cent". It was squeezed to a smaller diameter when a metal ring it was inserted into was struck. In other words, it's not an error.
    Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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    • #3
      I had thought of that, I have 3 from a BU roll of 50 of these. Some of them have full rims, this one has it 3/4 of the way around. I weighted it and it weights 3.05 grams. Here is a side view, it only does this 1/4 of the way around the rest is flat like a regular cent.

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      • #4
        I see that the edge of the coin is concave in vertical cross-section. This is characteristic of encased cents. No authentic error would end up with an edge like this.
        Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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        • #5
          Thank you for your observations, just in case here are photos of 2 more from the same roll, I am particularly interested in the second photos rim.
          http://www.permitfinder.com/coins/1957DO2.jpg
          http://www.permitfinder.com/coins/1957DR2.jpg
          http://www.permitfinder.com/coins/1957DR3.jpg
          http://www.permitfinder.com/coins/1957DO3.jpg

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          • #6
            Deformed, abnormally broad, and sloping "rims" are typical of encased cents. Often the metal is pushed up into a circular ridge along the internal margin of the "rim".
            Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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