I found this penny that is curved in from the back side, which pushes the obverse outward. It does't appear to be pressed with anything from the back. Any ideas on this one?
I would assume that this has somehow been pressed outward from the reverse, I know you said it doesn't seem like it has been, but that's just what I would think. I don't think it would have come from the mint like that because when the press comes down on it all the pressure would have flattened it out.
Thx. Yes it is weird how it is curved, but I can't tell how it get pressed out cuz I can't find any damage on the Reverse.
I have no idea how it happened, but it is PMD. It is fully struck on both sides with no damage, so we know it was flat when it left the mint.
Hey guys ' if you look thru a lot of cent rolls you can usually find a few coins like this one , I doubt it they are worth keeping but we can never know what someone may end up wanting. mostlikely what causes this is die detoration from extreme overuse. the outer edges of the coin dies is the weakest part of the dies and one of the dies edges can become pushed down while the other die could come down to keep matching up with the other one. I have found a few coins like this but never kept any of them.
Perhaps, but I find it more likely that someone has covered a set of pliers in rubber or leather and pressed the edge until it curved like TTuck's coin (the rubber would prevent the edge from getting scratches). I tend to find many in rolls as well.
