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1942 1c Experimentals Just Posted in CoinFacts 4/29/2016

keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,605 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Pretty cool stuff to look at.



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  • DCWDCW Posts: 7,698 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Seems like quite a few of the planchets are broken, which is a real shame. I know bakelite and plastics are fragile, but man do I wish people took better care of these treasures!

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Neat....wish I had some of these... special date. Cheers, RickO
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,092 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: DCW

    Seems like quite a few of the planchets are broken, which is a real shame. I know bakelite and plastics are fragile, but man do I wish people took better care of these treasures!




    As part of the testing process many of the experimental pieces were deliberately bent to see if they broke, and if so how hard it was to break them. Apparently a small quantity of these were then saved to show the results of the test. They are considered collectible as is.
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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,318 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here's another link to one of these patterns:

    http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/12215

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    1942 1C J-2060 Brown Plastic (Proof)

    The girl on the coin looks like the French Marianne.

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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,501 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This should make Oreville quite giddy !

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  • DCWDCW Posts: 7,698 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: CaptHenway
    Originally posted by: DCW
    Seems like quite a few of the planchets are broken, which is a real shame. I know bakelite and plastics are fragile, but man do I wish people took better care of these treasures!


    As part of the testing process many of the experimental pieces were deliberately bent to see if they broke, and if so how hard it was to break them. Apparently a small quantity of these were then saved to show the results of the test. They are considered collectible as is.


    Thank you; I didnt know this. A few years back I saw one slabbed as about uncirculated, and it was in two pieces. I guess this fact that they were broken deliberately is factored into the grading process.

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  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,581 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting.
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    To the OP and others: Linky by RWB ATS
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