Penny on nickel planchette?

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by Brivis, Jul 31, 2019.

  1. Brivis

    Brivis New Member

    Hi everybody I’m brand new. I was wasting time looking through a jar of wheat pennies my grandfather left and found something odd. It looks like the a penny stamped on a nickel. I can’t see any evidence of it being a gag gift but I’m not expert. What is this that I have??
     

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  3. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    That Cent has a coin bezel. It was added on.
    It is like a metal frame. And then it was plated.
    Novelty item.
     
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  4. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    You can see here where the bezel it was probably soldered or sometimes even clamped down onto the cent.
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  5. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    You can't have a penny on a nickel planchet. You can only have coins on the same size planchet or smaller, not larger.
     
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  6. Brivis

    Brivis New Member

    Thanks. I figured but it was just cool looking.
     
  7. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    In reality. You cant have a cent struck onto a Nickel planchet because a blank nickel planchet would not fit into the chamber to strike a cent. chamber is smaller.

    @Michael K just explained it.
     
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  8. William lindsay

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  9. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    @William lindsay
    Is there something you want to share with us?
    Start a new separate thread with a file of your image that shows.
     
  10. 2manyhobbies

    2manyhobbies Well-Known Member

    You should be able to pick this coin up with a magnet.
     
  11. rascal

    rascal Well-Known Member

    Your cent looks to be inside a bevel that was once probably a piece of jewelry.
     
  12. potty dollar 1878

    potty dollar 1878 Well-Known Member

    Still keep it though it's 60 years old and it has a nice partial shine to it..
     
  13. 62Olds

    62Olds New Member

    What about this? Please explain.
    How do I upload an image
     
  14. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

  15. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    Also the nickel planchet won't pass through the feeding tubes on a press set up for cents So the nickel planchet couldn't even get to the coining chamber.
     
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  16. VistaCruiser69

    VistaCruiser69 Well-Known Member

    Somebody somewhere is reading this thread and saying "Ok, we can't sell it on Etsy or ebay for hundreds, if not thousands of dollars as a penny on a nickel planchet error.
     
  17. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    You can’t have a cent coin on a Nickel planchet but you can have a Nickel coin on a cent planchet.
     
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