1921-P Morgan with Mint Error. Ok, I need help on this one

Wolf359

Here's the scoop:

1) The coin's rim slightly juts out (elongated) in front of Ms. Liberty's face
2) The coin feels too heavy.
3) The edge reeding is intact
4) it's not a counterfeit.
5) The planchet is slightly thicker at one end (the end with the extended rim).

It grades around AU, and has been harshly cleaned. So, any guess what this coin is?

Photos:

Ryana

My guesses are:

Defective planchet
A silver round (unlikely)
A proof (similarly unlikely)

ibzman350

No guess here, sorry. I am interested to see what other morgan folks have to say.


Herb

Rampage

Jack,

Interesting coin. One of my guesses would be a MAD, or mis-aligned die. As for the thickness on one side over the other, do you have access to a scale? I would be interested in knowing its weight.

Funny you should mention this coin. Yesterday I found one which looked thicker than other 21s I had. Need to weight it though.

Richard.

magikbilly

That is what I thought from what was described - misaligned dies.

Billy

Weiss

Wow. That just don't look right. If it weren't a common date, I'd swear it was a 1921-H (Hong Kong).

Wolf359

No decent scale here, drat....yes, the misaligned die possibilty occured to me too.

Clearly heavy though, what were you thinking of???. Ryana's comment made me look for known 21-P proof diagnostics, thank you sir. Does have a mild Zerbe U UNUM scratch on the obverse, but the surface is not like a Zerbe. Very doubtfull.

sadysta1

Harsh cleaning, ouch

I agree mis-allingned dies

Wolf359

ttt for more opinions