I’m wondering if someone can help me with identifying this penny. It weighs 3.1 like a normal penny, but it looks like a dime planchet, but then it tries to stick to a magnet. Looking at it from the side, it looks half copper/half steel.
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That is just odd, have no ideal on this one. The Philippines 10 C 1959. The Philippines did not make 10 centavo coin in 1959, but did in 1958 and 1960. And was made of nickel bass and weighed 2 grams. So I do not think that is it. good luck, that is one strange cent.
Verweis : "ALLRED1950" That is just odd, have no ideal on this one. The Philippines 10 C 1959. The Philippines did not make 10 centavo coin in 1959, but did in 1958 and 1960. And was made of nickel bass and weighed 2 grams. So I do not think that is it. good luck, that is one strange cent.
Thank you for the information. I thought I was on to something!
Verweis : "ALLRED1950" Yes Steve27 it sure looks like a plate job. Iam thrown off by seeing the copper on the edge. But it can be done.
The thing that strikes me as odd is, if it's plated with something that makes it magnetic, wouldn't it try to stick to the magnet on both sides? I'll try to post a picture of it with other coins so you can see the color better. When I was sorting pennies, I originally thought it was a dime!
pure nickel is also magnetic. if it is nickel plate, on one side might be thick enough to stick to magnet but the other side is too thin or a different alloy. copper-nickel alloys get non-magnetic at around 5% copper.
steel plate would also just rust away and look ugly afters one years, nickel would stay shiney.
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac
I have the exact same penny but weighs 3.2 looks like steel,but doesnt stick to magnet and the edge has an obvious,copper line,,,so any help wld be appreciated thank you
bikerbertaI’m wondering if someone can help me with identifying this penny. It weighs 3.1 like a normal penny, but it looks like a dime planchet,
What is the diameter of your coin?
If you look at the pictures you posted, when a larger coin is struck on a smaller planchet, there must be an anomaly in the design out at the edge (such as a missing rim), and your coin does not show this.
Collar errors can give unusual edge effects, but I don;t think that's what happened. Maybe as others have said, the coin was plated to pass it off as an error '59 steelie and they to remove a bit of weight, so they fiddled with the edge.
I have this penny too, Feb, 2, 2025 - I'm looking at a Google search and found this forum. Does anyone today have an idea? Is it a needle in a haystack?
Apologies, I visited the ebay link above. Mine is with out a mint mark. Completely cromed, edges too and has a slight warm hue. Anyway apraiser applicable. - I am new to this world of coin mastery…..online purchase prices are horbly confusing. Many claims of valu based on errors …. I'm not seeing the error. I spoke to our only local coin specialist and I'd like to go elsewhere. Lol :)
Hello and welcome to Numista! I'm sure you noticed that the coin on the Ebay link has not sold after more than a year. That's because nobody wants it. PCGS certification grades it at AU Details (98-Damage). The 98-Damage means PMD or post mint damage. The damage they are referring to is the plating. So, if you have one (and there are many around) yours is damaged too and worth nothing to any serious coin collector.
Curious, why when a double die error happens it’s considered a valuable attribute but this is considered damaged? I have no idea why or how the exterior of the coin acquired its application
Because a Double Die error is a actual major error that occured during manufacturing at the mint, overlooked by mint employees and quality control, and then mistakenly released from the mint and released into circulation. This is a very RARE event that the mint normally catches and those coins are never released. The rarity of these true mint errors that are accidentially released is what makes them valuable There are also many minor errors such as machine doubling that resembles double die errors but are much more common and so minor that as a result, do not add significant value. Machine errors are not mint errors per se. It is the nature of machines in the production process to occasionally need slight adjustments sometimes resulting in machine doubling. Definitions, undertstanding the minting process, and not understanding the true meaning of Mint Error by so many is the scourge of the coin collecting world these days. Then we have VARIETIES that are not considered actual rare mint errors. Education is the key in Numismatics and not self serving youtube videos encouraging everybody and novices to treasure hunt pocket change for alleged “errors” that can make you wealthy.
The overwhelming majority of requests here are for questions about defects that never happened at the mint but did occur after they were put into circulation. POST MINT DAMAGE are defects that happened after they were minted.
Hey! look at my error coin! It has been in circulation for 37 years but what kind of error is it? Confirm it for me! Surely you see it too! No sorry, not an error over and over again ad nauseum. Nobody can possibly know happened to your coin in it's long and hard life but whetever happened, this did not happen at the mint so many years ago.
