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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8244422, member: 24314&quot;][USER=124772]@Kristine Garrant[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>I am still searching through my box of pennies bought a month ago and i found this.&nbsp; At first glance, I just assumed that it was extremely heavy PMD and was just curious to the year, so, under the microscope it went.&nbsp; Then I saw a faint trace of some consecutive letters.&nbsp; I thought, ok, let me see what this is about.&nbsp; While turning it around under the scope i heard a scraping noise. Where did that come from?&nbsp; I looked a little closer.&nbsp; It seems there is <b>&quot;something&quot; stuck to the obverse side. </b> I used my finger and found that i could partially lift it.&nbsp; What i saw underneath was truly cool.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660033"><i>1.&nbsp; When you look at a coin as this, you should be able to tell right off there is something RAISED ON ITS SURFACE that is not the color of the coin.&nbsp; THEREFORE, it is 99% something that was not on the coin when it was struck. </i></span></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Aspects of whatever this is stuck to the coin is imprinted on the coin, and details of the coin are not so clear.&nbsp; Also, its shiny underneath.&nbsp; Not like all over th surface brand new coin shiny, but more like coppery highlights.</p><p><br /></p><p>Should i remove whatever this is from the surface?&nbsp; Is it possible this coin was struck with this barrier in place at the time??&nbsp; <b><span style="color: #b30000">NO! </span></b> Thus cementing it to the coin and distorting the details?&nbsp; Or is this <b>something applied later </b>that would eat at the surface??&nbsp; [<span style="color: #660033">Some things can eat at the surface over time.</span>] It weighs 3.3 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do u think? Whatever it is that is&nbsp; attached to the coin has been on there a very long time.&nbsp; I would have to literally have to peel it off like a sticker.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=124772]@Kristine Garrant[/USER], posted: Also too.&nbsp; I ask because of what yall call strike through errors.&nbsp; So if let say an object&nbsp; was on a blank planchet and the die strikes it , it can leave an impression on the coin?&nbsp;&nbsp; [<span style="color: #660033">YES, INTO THE SURFACE of the coin and not on top of it.</span>]&nbsp; Even something like fabric?&nbsp; [<span style="color: #660033">Yes</span>, <span style="color: #660033"><b>into the surface</b> and often it sticks to the coin.] </span>But what happens next?&nbsp; Does the object stick to the die and mutliple coins have that? <span style="color: #660033"> [Yes, SOMETIMES.]</span>&nbsp; Or does it stick to the coin where it eventually falls off?&nbsp; [<span style="color: #660033">Yes, SOMETIMES]</span> I know this might seem irrelevant, but these are things I am curious about.</p><p>&nbsp;The definition states a strike through is basically some type of object coming in between the blank and the die.&nbsp; And it leaves an <b><font size="6"><span style="color: #b30000">impression</span></font></b> [<i><b><span style="color: #660033">INTO</span></b></i>] on the coin</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ok.&nbsp; I get that.&nbsp; Hence the reason i inquired on here.&nbsp; But during the minting process doesnt strike throughs and strike throughs with retained (...) exist?&nbsp; [<i><span style="color: #660033">already answered above</span>].</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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