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odd coin found in a roll....HELP!!!

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  • jmcoinz
    • Feb 2011
    • 41
    #1

    odd coin found in a roll....HELP!!!

    Hello To Everyone....

    I just found this coin in a roll early today....i need help on this, it is a blank cent planchet and i turned it on the other side and seen a weak strike of a reverse image of a DIME??? Please here are the photo's and let me know what should i do, it's also 2.5 grams on my scale....Thanks Jim.
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    Collecting is time consuming, but at the end it's worth every penny!
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  • diamond
    • Jul 2007
    • 2040
    #2
    It's a vandalized dime. The design on the reverse is flattened and the "rim" curls over the peripheral letters at the top. Both are impossible in a genuine error.
    Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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    • jmcoinz
      • Feb 2011
      • 41
      #3
      Hi Mike....This is a cent planchet 2.5grams why on a penny? should i send the coin in to get looked at?
      Collecting is time consuming, but at the end it's worth every penny!

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      • diamond
        • Jul 2007
        • 2040
        #4
        The color seems to correspond to that of a dime. Are you sure your scale is accurate?
        Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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        • jmcoinz
          • Feb 2011
          • 41
          #5
          yes it is i was thinking the same and i have 3 scales and all of them are 2.5 grams....it is a cent planchet.
          Collecting is time consuming, but at the end it's worth every penny!

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          • diamond
            • Jul 2007
            • 2040
            #6
            Odd. Even though the coin is obviously damaged, there is a miniscule chance that you may have something. At the very least, it should prove to be a very interesting form of vandalism. You can contact me offline at mdia1@aol.com for shipping instructions.
            Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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            • jmcoinz
              • Feb 2011
              • 41
              #7
              thank you mike i will....jim
              Collecting is time consuming, but at the end it's worth every penny!

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              • jmcoinz
                • Feb 2011
                • 41
                #8
                Photo 5 of my odd penny/dime.

                I did post this and i am very surprized that i did not get more feed back on this planchet. Mike did respond and just to let you know my brother and I decided to send the coin to NGC. Again this was found in a roll of pennies and it is without a doubt a cent planchet.(2.5 grams ZINC CORE planchet) Please if anyone has an idear how or what i have here, talk to me.

                Thank Jim.
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                Collecting is time consuming, but at the end it's worth every penny!

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                • diamond
                  • Jul 2007
                  • 2040
                  #9
                  If it is indeed a cent planchet then the most likely explanation is that someone impressed the reverse design of a dime on one face with a fake die. It does not look like a genuine error.
                  Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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                  • fcloud
                    • Jan 2009
                    • 72
                    #10
                    I agree it looks fake, but what I find interesting is the reverse (back) of the coin is not reversed. The image shows a normal image, so someone went through the effort of making a reverse of a dimes reverse, then impressed that into the planchet to make it readable (not a die view, but a coin view).
                    CONECA Member# N-4679
                    President of the Racine Numismatic Society
                    www.arsave.com/variety_resource_dimes

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