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Need help to identify this indian cent

raycycaraycyca Posts: 1,709 ✭✭✭
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The reverse is missing the "ONE CENT" logo. There is NO sign of alteration. Can anyone help me identify what this coin is? I'd love to know how it's missing it's logo. Thanks a lot in advance! Ray

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  • SUMORADASUMORADA Posts: 4,797 ✭
    That's cool, I don't have a clue....here is something similar on the US Pattern site.......

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  • ProofCentsProofCents Posts: 1,656
    Its kinda smooth i wonder if it has been tamper with?
  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,360 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very cool!! Considering the year, another possibility is "One Cent" could have been removed in order to make this into a Dog Tag. Coins were used for this purpose during the Civil War.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very interesting.... although worn, appears to be genuine. Cheers, RickO
  • SmittysSmittys Posts: 9,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It appears to me to be worked on, by looking closely by the laurel leaves
    That my feel let the experts chime in.
    I have a large cent with no stars with the same appearance.
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  • tydyetydye Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭
    I forget what it is called, but watch makers have an instrument that can plane a surface starting from a central point and expanding outward in a circular pattern. This is how this was made, notice how the denticles are still there. It was not just planed flat
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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,727 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Still very cool, even if it is a post mint alteration.
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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,930 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The One Cent has been removed by tooling.

    It's an altered reverse Indian Cent.
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  • dohdoh Posts: 6,457 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The One Cent has been removed by tooling.
    It's an altered reverse Indian Cent. >>


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    It's sort of cool looking though
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  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,290 ✭✭✭


    must be me, but I thought the pics made it kinda obvious that it was planed off and worn a bit in someone's pocket, especially where the smooth surface starts to get near the wreath. Still cool imo.

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