Wheat cent

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• FredWeinberg Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 25, 2008 4:31AM

  It's not a lamination, from viewing the scan.
  
  It appears that glue, or some other material,
  was dropped on the obverse surface, giving
  this appearance.
  
  It does not look like any error type, imo.
  
  What does the reverse look like?

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• zeebob Posts: 2,825 ✭

  July 25, 2008 4:36AM

  Did Photoshop "happen" to the penny?

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• pmac Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭

  July 25, 2008 4:44AM

  My best uneducated guess is that the planchet had a quality control issue. With the date so clear over the 'blob', this would be my 'swag'.

  Paul

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• Wrhyno Posts: 35

  July 25, 2008 5:08AM

  Yeah ZEEBOB i spend my days photoshopping wheat cents just to impress forum members as yourself.

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• kryptonitecomics Posts: 9,185 ✭

  July 25, 2008 5:09AM

  Looks like solder or glue was dropped on the surface....

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• Wrhyno Posts: 35

  July 25, 2008 5:16AM

  Here is the reverse just in case.
  
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• tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

  July 25, 2008 5:18AM

  
  
  i agree with fred.

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• AmericanCopper Posts: 396

  July 25, 2008 5:24AM

  My WAG is that it was used in an old fusebox.

  Oh boy...this could be a bad thing.........
  

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• Wrhyno Posts: 35

  July 25, 2008 5:26AM

  Thank you very much for all the replies.

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• grip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 25, 2008 5:34AM

  Looks like it was in a fire,or on a battery.

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• GrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭

  July 25, 2008 5:38AM

  
  
  << <i>Looks like it was in a fire >>
  
  
  
  That's what I think too.
  
  

  Ed

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• ccmorgan Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭

  July 25, 2008 5:43AM

  
  
  << <i>My WAG is that it was used in an old fusebox. >>
  
  
  That's what my vote goes for.

  Love the 1885-CC Morgan

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• zeebob Posts: 2,825 ✭

  July 25, 2008 6:47AM

  
  
  << <i>Yeah ZEEBOB i spend my days photoshopping wheat cents just to impress forum members as yourself. >>
  
  
  
  Sorry there Wrhyno - just a flip comment meant as humor. Gotta admit, that's an ugly spud of a coin. No harm intended.

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• Gemineye Posts: 5,374 ✭

  July 25, 2008 8:29AM

  Good electrical properties.....!!!...

  ......Larry........

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• pheh Posts: 1,588 ✭

  July 25, 2008 8:57AM

  
  
  << <i>
  
  << <i>My WAG is that it was used in an old fusebox. >>
  
  
  That's what my vote goes for. >>
  
  
  
  Used as a fuse is also my opinion.

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