Is this Wheat Cent struck through grease or PMD?
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I thought I up loaded both sides
I think there's a decent chance it was struck on a tapered planchet, but you'll be hard put to prove it in that condition.
Understand, thanks, I never heard of a tapered plate before, I knew it wasn't worth much more than 1 cent
I don't know but I like it. Others will chime in.
I wouldn't give up just yet....
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I got nothing.
Smooth as a wind blown sand dune.
I look forward to inputs from those alerted above... but tapered planchet or grease filled die look possible... Cheers, RickO
Looks like a neat find to me. I suspect a tapered planchet also.
What kind of sand dunes are you seeing?
My first impression was a tapered planchet. Looks to be a genuine mint error at the least.
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Can you weigh it? I am leaning toward PMD, on a tapered planchet the devices have a certain look as they fade out toward the thin side. Your coin may just be too worn to show the diagnostics, but specifically the bottom of the bust and the date area look suspect to me. The way the rim at K6 on the obverse bleeds in toward the center of the coin is also not something I would expect from a tapered planchet.
I am curious to see what some other error guys have to say - paging @cmerlo1 @jonathan @CaptHenway .
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Boy, I don't know. My initial gut feeling was genuine tapered planchet, but the more I look at it the more I wonder. I guess I would want to see it in hand before offering an opinion.
Weight wouldn't help here. We can see from the pictures that something is going on with this coin. The question is whether it was struck that way or damaged after it left the mint. It can be lightweight as struck, or lightweight as damaged. The weight alone doesn't tell you.
I agree with Tom – my initial thought was it’s a tapered-end Planchet.
However, the corresponding area on the reverse should be much weaker in detail, and it’s only slightly weaker -I would also need to have someone see it in-hand before making a final determination