New Lonesome John error and more - take a gander

jmcu12

I was at a local show yesterday and came across some errors from Lonesome John: here are some pics - what do you think?

What do you think is going on with the 1973 cent? The obverse is MAD but on the reverse there seems to be, what looks like, silver or nickel in the alloy of the copper!?



I was looking at the 1973 cent again and could it be slightly off center or on a eliptical planchet?

I say this because I noticed that the area where the dime scrap/mystery metal seems to be odd and not fully formed as it should be.







The 1972 off metal cent looks great in hand, much more lusterous in hand than in my horrible pics.





As for the 1964 dime I just thought it was neat, probably not worth that much but neat nonetheless.








I also purchased two other errors.

What are your opinions on the 1973 dime. I would agree it has been damaged but there seems to be a CN layer missing on the reverse and a rim cud of sorts on the obverse.





For the 1951 cent, for some reason I have not picked up a tapered planchet before so I picked it up cheap.

seanq

<< <i>I was at a local show yesterday and came across some errors from Lonesome John: here are some pics - what do you think?

What do you think is going on with the 1973 cent? The obverse is MAD but on the reverse there seems to be, what looks like, silver or nickel in the alloy of the copper!?



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It looks to me like the reverse was struck through a piece of dime scrap. Check the radius of the included piece and see if it matches that of a dime. Definitely an unusual error. It's actually very cool that the struck-through piece of metal stayed embedded in the coin.




<< <i>What are your opinions on the 1973 dime. I would agree it has been damaged but there seems to be a CN layer missing on the reverse and a rim cud of sorts on the obverse.



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This coin is damaged, it looks like it was soldered to another coin which broke loose.


Sean Reynolds

jmcu12

I was looking at the 1973 cent again and could it be slightly off center or on a eliptical planchet?

I say this because I noticed that the area where the dime scrap/mystery metal seems to be odd and not fully formed as it should be.

jmcu12

ttt for more opinions

thanks everyone.

seanq

<< <i>I was looking at the 1973 cent again and could it be slightly off center or on a eliptical planchet?

I say this because I noticed that the area where the dime scrap/mystery metal seems to be odd and not fully formed as it should be. >>




I think the deformation is more because the extra metal made the planchet thicker than normal just in that one spot, which in turn caused some unusual copper metal flow around it. One thing I wanted to suggest was to take a magnet to the scrap and see if it is attracted, there's a chance that isn't clad planchet material at all but something like a piece of a steel washer.


Sean Reynolds