1995 Penny Struck on Wrong Planchet ?

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Doesn’t appear to be. If the picture resembles the coin in hand then I’d say it’s just environmental damage.

What other planchet do you think it could be struck on?

Let’s see what others chime in with.

 

What does it weigh?

 

^^^^^
If it weighs anywhere close to 2.5 it is a normal zinc planchet with the thin copper plating removed.
Also, there basically aren't other planchets the same exact size as a US penny. (A couple of exceptions.) So if your coin has full rims, it's not larger or smaller than a US cent.

 

A zinc planchet that's been attacked by the environment.

 

I don't have a scale at the moment

 

Definitely get yourself one. You can get them for less than $20 on Amazon.

 

I'm not sure, but a close up of the date showed this

 

Showed what? You need to describe what you think you see wrong.

 

I f u look closely look behind the date

 

There's nothing. It's a beat up penny worth .01 cent.

 

Nothing there. Also, your magnification is way too high. You start to see things that don't exist at that magnification. Especially if you are using a USB microscope which does not have very high resolution. You begin to get pixelation and think you have something you don't.

 

Balance a popsickle stick on a pencil, put your coin on one end and a 1983 or later cent on the other end...does it balance?

 

When you sit in front of a computer screen all day you tend to not think of the simple manual solutions. Love it.

Reminds me to shut off the screen from time to time.

 

I believe it was struck on a foreign planchet I see signs in the field area

 

really?? so you know what a foreign planchet looks like by looking at the field area of a coin?? enlighten me please, i would like this information...

 

Zincolns corrode around devices (letters and numbers) and all over the place.

Make ppl see all sorts of things that aren't there.

To me i see a usmint bldg behind the date with a close corner to the right of the second 9. Pretty kewl like the $5 gold coin depicting it although much larger.

 

Abe can u post a closer pic of the field

 

Theres a lot of damage in front of his nose. Try 1000x

 

Any particular flavor of popsickle?



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