Any Planchet experts out there?

bsshog40

I was going thru a bag of coin star rejects my wife brought home a couple months ago. Found this, what I think is a copper planchet. I'm sorry, but my scale is out in the shop right now but I will weigh it tomorrow. Its a tad thinner than a regular cent and just a tad smaller. I'm wondering if it just might be a worn cent planchet or possible a foreign planchet. I will get more info tomorrow when I get my calipers and scale out.

bsshog40

Ok, ran and got scale. Calipers are dead though. Lol Scale fluctuated between 2.48 - 2.49 grams. Settling in at 2.50 grams

Hemispherical

I’m not saying that this is what it is, but it could be. The “penny coin blank” is the cent planchet.

From the US Mint.

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Explore and Discover Coin Set 2019

“Includes six coins and a penny coin blank—four of the coins can be taken out of the folder and examined with the enclosed magnifying glass!”

https://catalog.usmint.gov/explore-and-discover-coin-set-2019-19XGB.html?cgid=2019-product-schedule

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CoinFacts:

https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2019-1c-blank-planchet-explore-discover-set-rd/715594

Oldhoopster

The weight is right. Looks like a Type 2 copper plated zinc planchet to me

bsshog40

@Oldhoopster said:
The weight is right. Looks like a Type 2 copper plated zinc planchet to me

Yea, I'm thinking that's exactly what it is after weighing it. Not really worth much but I thought it was a cool find!

Insider2

@bsshog40 said:

@Oldhoopster said:
The weight is right. Looks like a Type 2 copper plated zinc planchet to me

Yea, I'm thinking that's exactly what it is after weighing it. Not really worth much but I thought it was a cool find!

Is there a raised area with a crack from the rim in the first image? If so, I haven't seen anything like it. Send it to PCGS.

@FredWeinberg

seanq

@Insider2 said:

@bsshog40 said:

@Oldhoopster said:
The weight is right. Looks like a Type 2 copper plated zinc planchet to me

Yea, I'm thinking that's exactly what it is after weighing it. Not really worth much but I thought it was a cool find!

Is there a raised area with a crack from the rim in the first image? If so, I haven't seen anything like it. Send it to PCGS.

Pretty sure that is just a stain on the surface. Even with a crack or a lamination, IMHO there is no reason to get it slabbed.

Sean Reynolds

P.S.: I agree that it is a zinc cent planchet based on the weight, cool find "in the wild".

Insider2

Thanks. I couldn't imagine how a planchet could have a raised die break!!!

FredWeinberg

No need to send a $1 value cent planchet to any service, imo.

It's stained, lightly circulated, copper-coated zinc cent......

bsshog40

Yep, has a stain on it. Definately know need to send anywhere except in my pile of cool finds. Lol

JBK

Valuable or not. If you found it in circulation (or a roll) that is a big find. I've never found a blank in a few hundred thousand of coins searched.