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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 6652059, member: 84179&quot;]Yes.&nbsp; That&#039;s one of the numerous ways you can tell that it was damaged after it left the mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the members who responded are very knowledgeable of the minting process,&nbsp; They understand that the unusual features you&#039;re seeing couldn&#039;t occur at the mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you think it was struck on a foreign planchet, you need to determine the following:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Was the US mint minting coins for other countries in 1986 and were they doing it at the Denver mint?&nbsp; If they weren&#039;t striking anything, how could a planchet get in the system</p><p>2. If the did strike foreign coins at Denver, were any of those similar in size to a US cent?&nbsp; If a foreign planchet is larger than a cent it won&#039;t fit in the coining chamber and can&#039;t be struck</p><p>3. If it was the same size as a cent, does it weigh the same as your coin?</p><p>4. Does it have the same composition?</p><p><br /></p><p>Just because a coin looks different, doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;s an error.&nbsp; There are countless ways for a coin to be damaged in circulation.&nbsp; But there are only a limited number of ways an error can occur in a well documented process like coin production.&nbsp; Learning the minting process is the key.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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