1972 Error

What happened to this

 

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There could be a number of Mint related causes or PMD, however the pictures are too small to tell.

Let me ask, is the coin normal thickness and weight? Are the rims on the reverse also lacking in detail?

 

Yep, pretty small to tell.

 

Can you post one like this??:kewl:

 

The picture on my comp is 836K but when it uploads it is 5K, How can I make the pic bigger on coin talk?

 

ok may be this will work?

 

You need a camera that will do micro or one you can fit a lop to

 

Looks like post mint they could have scraped the reverse

Thanks Bill

 

I can see it just fine...

Clicking on the second pic makes it bigger for me.

It looks like the planchet split after striking. I assume it's thinner then normal?

 

It's probably thinner then normal because it was somehow scraped and thinned it down for it to weigh less if it does weigh less. The coin has an appearance of being tampered with but maybe your right Dutchmen

Bill

 

definitely not a scraped coin. It is still possible that it is post mint tho... but it is very hard to tell on these types of pieces.

 

Having the coin in hand would be the eases way for me to tell what wrong with the coin :kewl:

 

There are several possibilities. The most likely one is that this is a normal-weight cent that was struck through a split planchet. I believe I'm seeing the impression of striations on the reverse face. It's unlikely to be a split-after-strike error, although I can't entirely exclude that possibility. It could be a split-before-strike error that was struck against an underlying planchet. You need to weigh it.

 

Pic 1

 

pic 2

 

pic 3

 

pic 4, a little out of focus but it is just like any other cent except it is deeper into the cent

 

pic 5, a little out of focus.

 

forgot the pic

 

45.4 grains is close enough to the standard 48 grains to demonstrate that the coin is of normal weight and thickness. So hypothesis no. 1 is confirmed (struck against a split planchet).