Obviously not mine... but still pretty cool. https://www.coinnews.net/2023/02/16...lanchet-in-greatcollections-march-19-auction/
Boy, that was pushing it to get that much of the design on the smaller planchet. I've never seen this for a war-time planchet. Thanks for the post.
Are you sure that isn't a wrong punched stock, I haven't figured it out yet, what does the reverse look like?
Man, I would think a cent stock would just barely accommodate washingtons head. If this wasn't offcenter, it looks like the whole design would be seen. I just can't believe this is a 1 cent planchet. Jmo
Here is a 1943 5C on Steel Planchet Not my coin FYI How to determine it's on a Steel Planchet.. It's the same weight, width and thickness. It's ferromagnetic meaning it would stick to a magnet.
The metal, as struck, would fill in the dies. Obviously, struck oustide the collar the metal will still expand into the dies, hence the amount detail struck.
Unfortunately steel cent planchets are garbage. Almost every other denomination struck on a steel cent has some type of damage
Never seen this before. What kind of pop count is there? From the article: "bidding quickly moved to $2350". Seems more valuable than that to me.
I guess any broader strike would tend to produce gaps in the zinc coating on the coin faces, and those would become targets for corrosion -- galvanic protection from the outer layer of zinc can only do so much. Collectors: "Man, what could be worse than a thin layer of easily-dissolved zinc over a rust-prone steel center?" Mint officials, early 1980s: "Hold my beer..."
It's so crazy, it just might work. How long did it take them to see they had the wrong planchets? Never if they were just mixed in with a tote of reg quarter planchets? How many were minted? How many survived? How many were graded?
This error attracted a lot of interest - the story behind it - that the consignor's father was the person who discovered it in 1943 while he was paying soldiers - was the coolest aspect. - Ian
Well, I personally would not want to buy it. I think it was made by mint worker(s) specifically to be used personally in a financially bad time. A cent planchet should have been easily caught when loading them in a quarter machine, especially due to the bright shiny zinc . Not an error, a "Cheater" . IMO, Jim
