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by **henrysmedford** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:58 am

Franklin found this to day. It is 1964-D the front looks like is was stamp to hard. The rim is also high and it is hard to read and the back is fine.

by **Country** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:09 am

It looks like a Grease Error penny. Grease splotch on the obverse would do it. Nice one too.

by **Verbane** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:36 am

I'm thinking this is a Struck through Die Cap, This would account for the high rim.

Read this:
http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Errors/Struck_Through_Die_Cap.html

by **henrysmedford** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:18 pm

Verbane wrote:I'm thinking this is a Struck through Die Cap, This would account for the high rim.

Read this:
http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Errors/Struck_Through_Die_Cap.html

The man at the coin store said the same. It could not tell me what it is worth? Does any one know>

by **bman** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:50 pm

I would say it was struck through a capped die also, I've sold them for between $2 to $10 each.
just make sure that it weighs 3.1 grams, if it weighs less it could have had acid dropped on it or something.

by **henrysmedford** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:39 pm

bman wrote:I would say it was struck through a capped die also, I've sold them for between $2 to $10 each.
just make sure that it weighs 3.1 grams, if it weighs less it could have had acid dropped on it or something.

So, today being Monday, the coin shop that I usually frequent was not open. Instead, I dropped by a local jewelry store and asked if they had a gram scale on hand in order to weigh it for me. The jeweler took my coin, weighed it, and stated that my coin weighed 1.9 grams. Puzzled, I tried to find another comparable penny to weigh, yet all I had on hand were zinc pennies. Weighing the zinc proved its weight to be 16, which I assumed meant 1.6 grams. During dinner this evening, I had a "light-bulb" moment: Could her scale possibly have been measuring 'karat weight' ? Now it's time to have it weighed accurately, according to grams, again.

by **TheJonasCollegeFund** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:27 pm

Maybe the scale was off so they could buy junk gold and silver at their price! zincers 2.5g coppers 3.1g or in that general area.

by **Roadrunner** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:31 pm

TheJonasCollegeFund wrote:Maybe the scale was off so they could buy junk gold and silver at their price! zincers 2.5g coppers 3.1g or in that general area.

Probably, that's the way it works at some of these places. :evil:

by **abe** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:24 am

If the scales arnt wrong you may have an acid coin. Carry a unc. zinc and copper with you and have them weigh each before getting your 64 weighed.

by **henrysmedford** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 3:02 pm

bman wrote:I would say it was struck through a capped die also, I've sold them for between $2 to $10 each.
just make sure that it weighs 3.1 grams, if it weighs less it could have had acid dropped on it or something.

Today at the coin shop it weighs 3.1 grams to it is real!

by **henrysmedford** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:05 pm

PS Franklin wants to keep this one and it was the first time in 30 years that the coin shop had one in the shop!

by **Copper Catcher** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:16 pm

Congrats...

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