Thanks to all for the welcome to the forum.
A couple of things regarding this coin.
- there is not a blank planchet where the obverse should be. It is as if someone took the coin and milled the obverse out, leaving the rim entirely intact. For example, if I wanted to I could poor water into what's remaining of the obverse side of the coin and it would be contained by the rim. (Hope that makes sense?)
- the surface of the obverse side, inside the rim, very smooth and silvery shiney. It is not copper colored.
- the coin as is weighs 2 grams. I'm not sure that is relevant since a large portion of the coin is milled out.
The idea that someone was trying to fabricate a 'new' coin did not occur to me. But looking at the coin in that light it makes pretty good sense.
Well it's an interesting conversation piece if nothing else.
Thanks again for all replies.
Jim
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Originally Posted by huntsman53  I second that!
Also, weigh the coin and post the weight here. A pre-1982 Lincoln Cent should weigh 3.11 grams and a post-1982 Cent should weigh 2.5 grams. If it weighs close to 3.11 grams, then it is a Copper cent and if the latter, then it is probably Copper plated Zinc. The main thing is to determine if the Cent is Copper or Copper plated Zinc which would help determine if the Obverse is missing because it was not struck or if someone ground or sanded the Obverse details away. Also, could you provide a closeup of the Obverse side and crop out any background?? This would help more in an assessment!
Frank |
