Hello! Well, this is a new hobby (started January of this year) for my husband and I. We became addicted very quickly. Over the past several months, we have had several questions and needed research, and when we needed answers, we found them here! We have been long time lurkers and finally decided to join. We need opinions from those on here who have more experience and knowledge than we do! My husband actually received this coin in his change awhile back. I have a couple of questions in regards to it. Is it possible for a coin to have 2 major errors like this? Is the obverse a weak die punch or trial die error? I know the back is a blank planchett. We have been debating whether to send it off to NGC, but, thought that we might get some good advice here first! Also, you can see the penny has no ridge, but it is smooth all the way around and the back and front are also. I made sure to put it along side another penny for scale. Thank you for the help!!!
I'm not an error expert by any stretch of the imagination, but that doesn't look like an error to me. Someone had some fun with a sander, in my opinion.
That is possible. And that is what one of our coin dealers thought until he had it in his hand and looked at it under his glass. But, there are no scratches on it. But, I would imagine it is a possiblity.
I found this image online, and other than the rim and the blank on the reverse, the obverse on both this and our penny are very similar . http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/DieAdjustmentStrikeOrWeakStrikeQ.htm
That is interesting. I have never seen anything like that. I hope you have something like that! My biggest issue with yours is the lack of rim.
The main difference is the rim. before a "blank" ( raw circular metal ) is a "planchet" , it first goes through an upsetting machine which raises the rim , and Then it is struck in the press. Here is an illustration of a planchet, after upsetting, but not struck. http://coins.about.com/od/coinsglossary/g/planchet_coin.htm Since your coin doesn't have the rim from upsetting, it is damage, probably sanded or worn down. Contrary to belief, the process doesn't have to leave visible scratches if finished with a fine enough grit. A weak strike would still show the rim as it was not part of the strike.This is seen in the url in post #4 Jim
gbroke...I agree with that concern. Which is why we were wondering whether to send it or not just to see what they would rule it as. And as to the other picture I posted above...it had about 3/4 of it's revers. But, I was doing some research here, and there was another thread in a different forum and it had a link. From that link I found a another coin with the weak strike or trial die error without a rim
Yes, but, that has more to do with waves and curves...I meant to say die adjustment strike. And thanks, very glad to be here!
It should probably weigh a little less than the standard 3.11 g also... proving PMD. Die trial strikes are when pressure is being calibrated and they test the strike quality prior to mass production.
