Wouldn't the " Spoke Effect " be where I put the white lines with the lighting coming from the south ?
I will have to find my 83 penny without the copper layer.I believe it weighed 2.2 2.3 grams. Found it in a dish of foreign coins. a few years back.
I'm not sure that I understand the question, Rick. Still, I don't think I know enough about photography to be able to answer the question.
If you take a " cent " in this condition at home and check where the spoke effect starts, it's between 2 o'clock and the other side of the spoke effect is at 8 o'clock . I don't think its starts here
Rick, are you referring to "cartwheel luster"? The light radiating on the coin depends on where the lamps are positioned. It looks like the lamps for this photo were positioned about 4 & 8 o'clock. Chris
Weight is not as important as thickness. The press is calibrated to impart a full strike based on the normal thickness of the planchet. If a successive planchet was thinner, you'd think the strike would be a little weak. From these photos, it looks like the coin was well-struck. Chris
I think it natural lighting from a window and looks like the light is coming from 6 o'clock to me . Yes cartwheel luster ..
About .05 grams The copper is supposed to be 2.5% of the total weight. 2.5% of the spec weight of 2.5 grams is .0625 grams Considering an unplated planchet is about .00004 inches thinner than a plated planchet I don't think that is that calibration is that significant.
I like to see the rim . If its " Bonded " and not " Open " then that would answer the question at hand ..
Yes I'll get more info. It came through a truck stop she. It has been kept put up and safe for several years
I'm going to send a couple better picks. It is a little thinner than a normal penny. I can get a weight tom.
One of those pics with flash and the other not. This penny does have a more blue color than the 43 steel wheat penny I have
Make sure to handle it only by the edges. Zinc is fairly volatile and will corrode quite easily. If it is real and it is mishandled, it could loose quite a bit of value over time. I would suggest putting it into a holder for protection.
A zip lock should be fine for temporary storage. Anything that would keep it out of the environment and away from the oils in your hand will be helpful. As for value, hard to say they are really all over the place, but I'd offer an educated guess. It seems like it is in really nice condition, perhaps MS-65 and shows nice luster. If certified as genuine, I could see it in the upper range of the spectrum of what they go for. Maybe $300-375 range. Of course it would need to be certified to get anywhere near that range. Raw, simply too risky for almost all buyers.
