Blank Obverse / Uniface ? / Rare Mint Error ? Wheatback Penny

Of course you realize that he hung up the phone in 2013 and you are talking into a dead handset! Start a thread and post some pics and let's see whacha got.

 

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This coins is PMD for sure. Think through the minting process on how this would happen. This coin has the obverse imprint of another penny on the reverse side. So the reverse was struck first, then the obverse side of another coin was present facing the reverse side of this coin, and it was struck again.

There is literally no way for this to happen during minting. In order for the coin which left the obverse imprint on this one to do that, it would have to be in the dies before this coin was struck. But if that were the case, this coin could not be struck by the reverse die, as the other coin would be stuck to it.

Likewise, this coin could have been the first coin in the dies, and receive the reverse strike. But if it stuck to the obverse die while another coin was feed into the dies, the second coin would not receive the obverse image, which then would not be transferred to this coin.

There is literally no way for this coin to get a full reverse strike, followed by an obverse impression from another coin at the mint. This was done outside the mint.


Edited, darn... Didn't realize this was a resurrected thread. Who ever resurrected it, you have to post pictures of the specific coin for us to comment. Just saying you found a real unifaced coin does not make all unifaced coins real. The one the OP posted is clearly PMD.

 

I just found this today, and I'm brand new to roll hunting. It looks just like SilentnViolent dime with regards to full rims, but my find is a wheat cent. Wish somehow I knew the year.

 

sometime between 1909 and 1958
Looks Post Mint Damage to me.
The Obverse side most likely carved, grinded out.
Suggestion... If you have a question on any coin you find then start your owb unique thread with pictures.

 

Wow truly magnificent mindset you truly have Paddycakes, in order to break down such a time frame in which my wheat cent could have been struck. What a gift truly amazing

 

I guess you are upset because you don't know what you are talking about. Hope you understand just how rude you are.

 

Would you care to enlighten me8

How rude I am? And not knowing what I am talking about, and asking questions to learn about a subject is one's ability to want to learn. I've posted less then a dozen times, and clearly state I am brand new to this, and ask questions that may seem moronic to you, but you quickly forget you yourself were once in my position. And as far as you being Paddycakez coin rolling internet backup friend, every post I've made he's instantly commented, and made rude sarcastic non informal posts to what I'm trying to learn and accomplish here.

 

The word you want is vise, not vice. Different animals.

 

I don't have a clue who paddyman98 is but his post was straight up good information for you to learn from. There was nothing rude about his post.
There is no need for you to act the way you are. Please read his post again.

 

I am investigating the authenticity of an Australian 1 cent uniface.
Like the coin described by you it has one smooth side without rims and a clear undamaged obverse.
It weighs the correct weight for an Aussie one cent. It’s width is 1.21mm whereas a standard coin has width 1.39/1.40 mm (although I have some of greater width). Given that each side is created by pushing into the planchet creating the field and metal being pushed out creating the image; it is my expectation that the width is in the range of what would be expected of a true uniface. It would be impossible to create by bashing two coins together. I suspect it must have been deliberately made by a Mint worker.
The first two questions I would be seeking an answer to in determining whether it is a uniface is what is the weight and what is the width compared to a standard coin. If it is in the range of the correct weight and a lesser width (0.2 mm not being unreasonable) then it may be genuine.
Unfortunately the Mints do not appear to divulge the depth created by the field of each die nor the rise created by each image .

 

definitely a part of a capped die stack. One side will have a nice strike the other side nothing or a blur. Commonly found by people who get access to mint bags more than civilians because they don't travel very far before someone notices them and puts them aside.

 

Maybe it was done with one of the blank planchet's that Coin Op is giving away!

 

I'm going to give that a try to see what I get.

 

If you really want answers, you have to start your own thread. Go to the forums tab at the top, select world coins and select new post. This is an old thread.

 

I had that same issue I am way to new and it was my cousins, I received it three yrs ago when he passed.

 

The Reverse side was ground down. Not a mint error.

 

I was so confused lol I couldn't imagine how it was a mint error but needed to make sure. I have a habit of keeping the dollar and tossing the 100 lol

 

Ahhh!! Zombie thread