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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 407025, member: 11521&quot;]I ran across <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2F1922-Wheat-Cent-Hobo-Coin-Token-PENNY-CENT-2-HEAD_W0QQitemZ160265460860QQcmdZViewItem%3Fhash%3Ditem160265460860%26_trkparms%3D72%253A552%257C39%253A1%257C66%253A2%257C65%253A12%26_trksid%3Dp3286.c0.m14.l1318" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2F1922-Wheat-Cent-Hobo-Coin-Token-PENNY-CENT-2-HEAD_W0QQitemZ160265460860QQcmdZViewItem%3Fhash%3Ditem160265460860%26_trkparms%3D72%253A552%257C39%253A1%257C66%253A2%257C65%253A12%26_trksid%3Dp3286.c0.m14.l1318" rel="nofollow">this unusual coin</a> on eBay. The seller describes it as an &quot;art coin&quot; &quot;made out of an old Wheat back penny&quot;. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This appears to be a 1922 Plain Lincoln Cent with the image of a man (facing left) added over Lincoln&#039;s image. (See photo below.) If the host coin is genuine someone has destroyed a very, very valuable coin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I am not prepared to say whether the host coin is genuine or not (because I am not extremely familiar with this unusual year of issue) but the details of the host coin appear to be sharper than I remember they should be for this coin. I also do not see the reverse die crack that runs through the &#039;O&#039; of ONE that appears on one of the 3 reverse types used in 1922. At this point I am leaning toward fake or altered date. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What I cannot figure out is - How was the image added to the coin? It was not carved (like a Hobo nickel) because metal has been added to the coin (most of the added image is higher than the original coin&#039;s surface). </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Or was this &quot;coin&quot; struck or cast with the added image? </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Whatever this is it is odd and interesting. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I love a good mystery. Maybe we can solve this mystery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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