GtG: '44 shell case cent (*bonus pts*) Poll Added**

Whats the grade? Also,for bonus pts, what on earth is going on with the reverse here?? It is heavily clashed, but there's something else lurking on the reverse as well. What do you make of it??
To be clear, im referring to the raised black lines, one going through the Big E, the other is just south of the small e. No they are not on the holder,and not scratches.

 

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63

 

Ms-63 red & I like the bonus points please

 

I could only afford 2 Lincolns today- because i spent all my money on beer.

 

Since 2 members stated 63 I will say MS64 Red

Black lines could be Struck Through from debris when the Shell Casings were collected.

 

Could the surface be tainted with spend gun powder from the shell casing? If the blanks were stamped from spent shells,one must realize that the heat produced during firing such a round could of fused the spent powder onto ,or fused to the medal. IDK but something to think about......

 

Wouldn't the shell casings be melted and refined? I would think the refining process would remove the slag/impurities leaving only the alloy.

 

That may be the case....however one must remember that during the war years everything was recycled and I'm sure more efforts were placed on building military equipment then anything else . That said the shells may have been melted and repressed into usable stock. But to what extent ? I'm sure every short cut was taken to reduce cost and man hours.

 

64RD

 

I never know weather I'm suppose to guess what the grading company graded it or if I'm suppose to guess what grade it should me

 

65 RD.

The black lines look like planchet cracks but they dont go through to the otherside. Maybe some sort of lamination?? Looks to be a plnachet flaw regardless.

 

Best looking 1944 I have ever seen.

 

I actually bought this for the clashed die letter transfer, and the gun powder residue on the reverse.(or whatever it is) Its fun to imagine what kind of life this penny had, before reincarnation especially