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Can you show us an angular close-up photo of the clipped area? On a copper-plated zinc planchet, you would see a touch of white material on any breached surface. The plating is thin. Your clipped pla… (View Post)

So in conclusion, we are ALL CORRECT: This is the same coin, but not the same coin In other words, the damaged coin was used to make transfer dies, which were then reworked to strike a counterfeit ..… (View Post)

Another real possibility is that this is a die-transfer (EDM) counterfeit with reworked dentilation. It would not be the first time that we have seen something like that. It could also possibly expla… (View Post)

I agree with @LanceNewmanOCC, @jesbroken, @Victa and others that these are not the same two coins. I can see how it might be confusing, but there's two much differentiation to possibly be the same (r… (View Post)

I can't even begin to guess. Well, okay, I will take a wild guess: Looks like some sort of die trial for a commercial product. Instead of using scrap metal, someone used a large cent. Based on the pa… (View Post)