Can you explain this cent?

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by Harpo, Jun 10, 2011.

  1. Harpo

    Harpo Missing in Action

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    BTW...It's not mine. I'm just curious on how this happened.
     
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  3. dbkinvestments

    dbkinvestments New Member

    Any better straight-on pic's?
     
  4. Harpo

    Harpo Missing in Action

    It's the reeded edge I'm curious about.
     
  5. dbkinvestments

    dbkinvestments New Member

    I know, Im just boggled is there any possibilty that it's a fake?
     
  6. Harpo

    Harpo Missing in Action

    [​IMG]It's the best of the bunch.

    This was posted on another forum without getting any good answers so I copied it over to here

    Did somebody really go thru a ton of work just for that????

    It's real as far as I can tell.
     
  7. dbkinvestments

    dbkinvestments New Member

    The reeding does look similar to the Roosevelt Dime. If it's of actual diameter and weight I see no way it could be struck on a planchet intended for a dime.
     
  8. dbkinvestments

    dbkinvestments New Member

    It could be struck on a wrong planchet. That's all I could really think of, very nice coin though.
     
  9. dbkinvestments

    dbkinvestments New Member

    Have a good one Harpo and Happy Collecting!
     
  10. Collector1966

    Collector1966 Senior Member

    If it's the proper size for a cent, it's the right planchet. The edge is formed last in the minting process, and there's no way a cent planchet can get through a press set for dimes, so the most likely explanation is that the reeding was added after the coin was officially minted.
     
  11. Harley.d

    Harley.d Love coins

    Not a fake but a home done edge I tested doin this and took about 10 trys but I made one that looks like your picture. So just a home done reeding on it
     
  12. redwin117

    redwin117 Junior Member

    here's a close up look of an Double Denomination 1995 Two Full dates you can see here there is a plain edge and also a dime reed with VDB

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  13. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    If you have access to a metalworking shop you take a steel plate, make a hole in it very slightly smaller than the cent with slightly tapered sides. Cut reeds into it. Now you have something a lot like the collar the reeded edge coins are struck in. Put the coin in the larger side of the hole and force it through. The reeds in your "collar" will cut reeds into the edge of the cent.
     
  14. aicgsgrading

    aicgsgrading Numismatics Professional

    This coin does look like a post mint job.
     
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