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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Baltimoron, post: 1953193, member: 71554&quot;]Hey guys,</p><p><br /></p><p>First time on the forums because I&#039;m not really a collector -- I was trolling estate and garage sales for gold and junk silver.&nbsp; Came across a lot labeled &quot;large cents x3&quot;.&nbsp; Two were identifiable by the obverses (thats all the auctioneer posted, in very low resolution, picture attached).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]342749[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I noticed the left most coin&#039;s outline more closely resembled the 1793 cent, so I threw in a bid and got the lot for $4.50 a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So they arrived the other day and the two other coins were 1822 and 1825 large cents in pretty poor shape, pretty much what I expected.</p><p><br /></p><p>The left-most coin is extremely corroded, but text is visible on the reverse.&nbsp; So I took some higher resolution pictures with my camera phone and started overlaying large cent pics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unbelievably, the closest match is the G*WPt white metal cent.&nbsp; And not only does it match features, but it matches in several locations (rotations and offset).&nbsp; I think this may have been a test planchet for the white metal coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The photo from the auction, contrast &amp; brightness adjusted photos of the obverse and reverse of the coin, and some pics comparing with a single overlay are available from me <a href="https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0l8IoboShUzbkptUkFMVDk2dzA&amp;usp=sharing" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0l8IoboShUzbkptUkFMVDk2dzA&amp;usp=sharing" rel="nofollow">via public Google drive</a> folder -- some of them, especially the following PXDs are fairly large.</p><p><br /></p><p>The .PXD files are layered images openable by Pixlr (free photo editing website).&nbsp; You can turn on and off layers and use an opacity slider to fade them in and out in real time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not that it&#039;s comparable because the coin is so corroded, but my kitchen scale weighed it in as ~10g (doesn&#039;t do fractions of grams) and its approx 28-29mm in diameter (measured with a ruler b/c I don&#039;t have calipers). I also can&#039;t find info on the size and weight of the white metal cent online either.&nbsp; My coin appears to contain copper, hence the green corrosion. I believe it to be struck multiple times, and if you open the layered PXD files and look at each layer independently, you&#039;ll see why...</p><p><br /></p><p>If viewing the pictures, pay attention to where die strikes would most densely pack in metal -- edge of the letters, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me know what you guys think, or if I&#039;m just crazy.&nbsp; I sent it off to PCGS for restoration and identification/grading today after a guy at the local coin shop wouldn&#039;t even hear me out because the coin is too rare for this to possibly be one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]342750[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]342751[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: definitely use the google drive link if you want full resolution, not scaled down versions like the attached.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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