Get a load of this , found it today in a roll. According to my new digital scale it weighs 2.3 grams.
Better pictures Some close-ups. If it is post-mint damage then how did the other letters get on the rim at the top of the reverse as seen in the third picture on this second addition of pictures?
Questionable??? It looks struck through but on both sides? And it looks damaged from circulation, but it's most likely post mint damage.hya:
Please take another look in the first picture at the lower right hand side behind Roosevelt's head you can see another torch head that belongs on the back. I'm talking about the second batch of close-ups I posted. ( where do you see Lincoln?) ( evil grin )
Interesting...if that's a torch I see on Roosevelt's head (in the first picture), that could be "Brockage"...coin not ejected properly from the die and struck by another coin.
I guess so, but that's a lotta pressure. I've never heard of it...but there are a lotta things I've never heard of.
You got me there, it was late and I wasn't with it... sorry for the flub up. See how much of a penny man I am?.. everywhere I look I see Abe.
Come On! How come everyone is glazing over the fact the coin has all that extra metal above and behind ROOSEVELT'S Head? And the "ONE" or " I" shape to the East of his head on top of the extra metal? How does that get there PMD?
Maybe I'm kidding myself, but the first coin, in the first series looks to have a torch flame embedded in the top of FDR's head...right in the center (color is a bit darker).
I think it was the philosopher Nietzche who said, "If I had a hammer, I'd hammer me some coins together." Or something like that. I know that just looking at these, it can boggle the mind as to "how?", but take a hammer, some common coins, and some experimental materials such as wood or leather belts and start whacking. You'll be amazed at some of the different "varieties" you come up with. Search "hammer job" or "squeeze job" here on the forums and you'll see many a damaged coin that shows all the hallmarks of this coin. And many coins that were damaged just to prove that yes, it is indeed a "squeeze job".
It's a lot of fun and can be good to relieve tension after the work week. I can tell you that from experience. I once had to carry out this experiment myself in order to convince myself of these "squeeze jobs."
