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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 158150, member: 669&quot;]<img src="http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/schilder/142.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> to CoinTalk bobmac.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to what foundinrolls said, you need to weigh the coin.&nbsp; A genuine &#039;55 <u>cent</u> will weigh 3.11 grams.&nbsp; One that has been altered by scraping, filing, tooling, etc., will be noticeably lighter.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t have an appropriate scale, just balance it on a popsicle stick or something similar, on top of a pencil.&nbsp; You can use any cent dated 1981 or earlier as the known sample, but since the weight was reduced to 2.5g during 1982, the newer ones won&#039;t work in that test.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that the obverse appears normal rules out any method of pounding or hammering the reverse flat, and it&#039;s very unlikely that a reverse die was so filled with grease that there is no sign of it on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Due to the nature of the minting process, it is very, very likely that you have a coin with <a href="http://experts.about.com/q/Coin-Collecting-2297/sided-penny.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://experts.about.com/q/Coin-Collecting-2297/sided-penny.htm" rel="nofollow">after-mint damage</a>, not a true mint error.&nbsp; If there really was no reverse die mounted, or it had somehow slipped below it&#039;s proper placement, the obverse should show very mushy details, as it would not have received the full normal amount of stamping pressure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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