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Rockwell test mark error 1955s penny?

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  • CmonManggg
    • Oct 2012
    • 31
    #1

    Rockwell test mark error 1955s penny?

    hi, I found a 1955s penny with a bump on reverse left wheat, i read about this before can u tell me if this is a rockwell test mark error? Here are some pics. Can someone help me pls thx.
    Last edited by CmonManggg; 01-16-2013, 12:15 PM.
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  • rascal
    • Feb 2011
    • 211
    #2
    this is a small die chip. when a chip falls out of a coin die the hole where the chip came from fills back in with the coins metal during the strike.

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    • CmonManggg
      • Oct 2012
      • 31
      #3
      thx for the response! i knew it was a die chip but was wondering if it could possibly been a rockwell.

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      • numismanut
        • Jul 2012
        • 54
        #4
        Could you give some details on what you mean by "a rockwell"? Somehow I am not familiar with the term.

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        • CmonManggg
          • Oct 2012
          • 31
          #5
          I meant Rockwell test mark, anyways my bad didnt realize the mark would leave an indent not a outdent or bump,..

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          • wavysteps
            • Aug 2007
            • 1925
            #6
            We have two pages that discuss the Rockwell procedure on error-ref.com.

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            http://error-ref.com/Rockwell_test_mark_left_in_die.html


            Page not found
            http://error-ref.com/Rockwell_test_mark_in_planchet.html


            BJ Neff
            Member of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.

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