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<p>[QUOTE="jcakcoin, post: 1102096, member: 29209"]It likely was like that when it left the mint</p><p><br /></p><p>My guess: The planchet (must've been very hot), when it was struck, the die penetrated the zinc layer, and the liquid copper filled the zinc, 'weakening' the strike. That left the 'no strike' mark, eliminating IN GOD WE TRUST, E PLURIBUS UNUM, and the last two numbers of 2010. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, it was a 2010 D penny (there is a very faint remainder of the D in the right spot, looks best on the pic with the full black background)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jcakcoin, post: 1102096, member: 29209"]It likely was like that when it left the mint My guess: The planchet (must've been very hot), when it was struck, the die penetrated the zinc layer, and the liquid copper filled the zinc, 'weakening' the strike. That left the 'no strike' mark, eliminating IN GOD WE TRUST, E PLURIBUS UNUM, and the last two numbers of 2010. Anyway, it was a 2010 D penny (there is a very faint remainder of the D in the right spot, looks best on the pic with the full black background)[/QUOTE]
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