The coin is thick... It is close to the weight of a great Britain penny 3.6 and it is the same color, could it be struck on a foreign planchet? or just a thick planchet? and the coin is struck well and has sharp edges like a proof. It was bouncing between 3.37 and 3.38 and my scales are calibrated. All other coins weigh correctly
To me I don't believe it was struck on a foreign planket I believe it's just a little extra thickness as you no there is a +/_.13. I think it looks like a die chip in his eye though but that could be from the pic LOL let see what other's think. Dave
Nice find! Beefy little bugger! Let us know. Has the Mint ever had the foreign planchets in their possession before that this would have been possible?
It is not a foreign planchet. But it does look like a rolled thick example, and in pretty decent shape. When the rolling presses for the metal sheets applied pressure to them, sometimes the pressure was not applied equally. If too much pressure part of the sheets would be thinner, not enough pressure would result in thicker areas.
It's my understanding that the draw rollers did not always get the ends of the strip the correct thickness.
Ahhh. I know the British minted our colonial coins, but I never heard of the U.S. minting their coins nor their colonies (India, Canada, Palestine, etc.)
Does anyone have any advice on selling this coin? Should I put it on eBay and auction it off? Or should I get it graded?
It's not worth getting graded. While it has a little value, I doubt you would make anything on it on Ebay after fees, shipping, etc. You will be losing money. The upper range for tolerance is 3.24 so it is a little heavy. Sometimes the planchets are rolled too thinly, and in this case too thickly. Certainly a keeper. I don't believe it has a high premium. I don't think we minted pennies for Great Britain, although there is a list by year and countries who we did make coins for. I don't think it's on a foreign planchet.
