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A thin,blank,struck copper planchet

RpmHunterRpmHunter Posts: 174
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They actually all describe it. I've seen many blanks, but this is the first with a formed rim. Found in a original wrapped 60-D roll, any thoughts?
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  • OffMetalOffMetal Posts: 1,684 ✭
    Looks like a T-2 Planchet to me. Great find image
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  • eyoung429eyoung429 Posts: 6,374 ✭
    That's F'in cool!!!!! looks like formed rims....have you taken a micrometer to the center of the planchet down the area of the rims? What's the thickness of the rims?

    If it's real, there are a bunch of individuals here who would want it!!!

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  • RpmHunterRpmHunter Posts: 174
    I don't have the instruments at home to measure the thickness and weight, probably do that tomorrow.
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  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    thats super!
    how red is it?
    great find.
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  • RpmHunterRpmHunter Posts: 174
    It's actually more orange than the scan, matched the rest of the coins in the roll.
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  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    if you have good ears and recognize that sound a copper cent makes
    when you drop it on a hard surface
    and, dont fear doing serious damage to the coin,try the drop test and
    listen for the familar and distictive ring
    copper cents make.

    or, use a popcycle stick and and pencil to balance two coins.

    i think someone here did say that ~though the method is crude, it does work~.

  • RpmHunterRpmHunter Posts: 174
    Oh, I am absolutely sure the planchet is thinner than a normal one.
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  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    hehe anyway, yes, it couldnt be anything else other than what it is.
    a real un-struck 1960 D 1c...more than likely. really cool find.
    wtg!
  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    or that was one helliva grease-filled die(s)
    ....it was `an adjustment strike` EXTREMELY RARE!` image
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  • brockdabadgerbrockdabadger Posts: 251
    what would the est. value be?
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  • RpmHunterRpmHunter Posts: 174
    Not much probably, but a strange find.
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    I'm drawing a blank. image
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  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    drawing a blank!
    image
  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    value was not long ago (few years?) was 1$ +^ for one with upset rims
    and more $$ for those with no upset rims.
    now, i think its 2-3x that maybe


  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,907 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In the title of this thread, you described it as being "thin". Have you weighed it to confirm its really a cent planchet?

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  • joeyukjoeyuk Posts: 3,282
    Possible after mint damage. The second pic looks like the rim was flattened.
  • errormavenerrormaven Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭
    I have a copper or copper-alloy planchet that's very similar. I don't think it's a cent since it only weighs 2.79 grams. The "proto-rim" is thin, high, and sharp, the rim/edge junction abrupt, and the edge totally flat. It may have gone through a different kind of uspet mill.

    I am currently finishing up an article for Errorscope on strange patterns of upset, some much more bizarre than this, and some that received an off-center strike.

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  • RpmHunterRpmHunter Posts: 174
    Mike,

    It sounds quite similar. If you want to have a look at it, PM me and I'll send it to you.

    Scott


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  • carlcarl Posts: 2,054 ✭
    I used to know a guy that worked in a factory that made washers, bolts, nuts and stuff and they used to make blanks the size of a coin to have fun with vending machines. Most worked so well the company had all vending machines taken out of the place. I don't think they ever went through the trouble of making pennies with rims though so that one may be a real blank. If that one is for real it is a great find. I like it.
    Carl

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