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<p>[QUOTE="nocomment, post: 1135748, member: 29902"]<font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black">Hey I snagged this a few days ago for $3 and I just said who cares if its colored with crayon if it could be a steel planchet but like I assumed it is not and it was also actually said to be a error coin at a live auction I assume because of the cut but I do not know.. it is a 1942 wheat cent.. the outer rim shows copper and it has the weight of a normal copper cent but it does not look to be plated by the average Joe and looks more like it was meant to be there.. I am just looking for info on how this happens and what it is called because I know I have heard of it and seen pictures of them but I cant find my old source so while I look further if any knows what I am talking about or can tell me what the error is on this coin if any feel free to elaborate on this for me and any future finds like this.</span></font></font></span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[CODE][URL=http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/uploadingenral/errorcoins/7533cd17.jpg][IMG]http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/uploadingenral/errorcoins/th_7533cd17.jpg[/IMG][/URL]</p><p>[URL=http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/uploadingenral/errorcoins/407647c2.jpg][IMG]http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/uploadingenral/errorcoins/th_407647c2.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/CODE][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="nocomment, post: 1135748, member: 29902"][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]Hey I snagged this a few days ago for $3 and I just said who cares if its colored with crayon if it could be a steel planchet but like I assumed it is not and it was also actually said to be a error coin at a live auction I assume because of the cut but I do not know.. it is a 1942 wheat cent.. the outer rim shows copper and it has the weight of a normal copper cent but it does not look to be plated by the average Joe and looks more like it was meant to be there.. I am just looking for info on how this happens and what it is called because I know I have heard of it and seen pictures of them but I cant find my old source so while I look further if any knows what I am talking about or can tell me what the error is on this coin if any feel free to elaborate on this for me and any future finds like this.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [CODE][URL=http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/uploadingenral/errorcoins/7533cd17.jpg][IMG]http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/uploadingenral/errorcoins/th_7533cd17.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/uploadingenral/errorcoins/407647c2.jpg][IMG]http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/uploadingenral/errorcoins/th_407647c2.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/CODE][/QUOTE]
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