I bought a big lot of German Pfennigs and non-silver one marks the other day and while going through them I found the following two coins.... The 1924 D 10 Pfennig is obviously a minting error but the 1965 F 1 Mark...well.. has me puzzled. At first I thought this was post mint tampering but the more I look at it I start to think it isn't. One side of the coin is brown and has a strange look to it. The other side is like it should be. I tried to take some good side shots to show you how perfect the line of transition from shiny nickel side to the non-luster side. If it was striped, someone took their time doing it right... I also posted a picture of what it SHOULD look like... Die crack on the reverse across the ears of wheat and then rim issues on the obverse... Large crack and looks like it is rolled over on itself. Nickel plating is on the reverse but missing on the obverse and side Side view of the coin Another side view showing the reverse also And finally... how it SHOULD look
the 10pf looks like some cud or planchet separation? and the mark i am not sure what the discoloration is. It appears the discolored side was up and exposed to a discoloring environment and the clean side down protected by itself. i might think someone with coin talk knows what’s going on. some of these people sound quite knowledgeable. shake the blahs our founder is angry.
