Strange Find – Can You Figure It Out? Has Reeding No Design
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I found a very strange-looking coin, or at least something different here—a disc with reeding, for want of a better description. Both sides are smooth, and you can’t help but say, “It has to be some type of coin,” right? It was a coin.
This is a copper core. How I know it’s not a blank planchet is that you have a Type 1 and a Type 2 planchet. The Type 1 planchet does not have an upset rim; the Type 2 has an upset rim. This doesn’t even have an upset rim. Look at the rim on that—just maybe a little bit. At one time, it looked like it was, but something happened to this.
I also know, since it has the reeding on the edges, that this happened after the strike. The edge reeding is imparted on the rim of a coin—the edge of a coin—when it’s in the retaining collar. That collar keeps the coin from spreading out and maintains its diameter. The coin rests on the anvil die, and when the hammer die strikes, it presses the metal into the grooves of the retaining collar.
So, we know this is post-mint. Somebody removed the outer copper-nickel layer, which is mostly nickel—some people think it’s silver, but it’s not; it’s just an alloy. It was removed on both sides, and the surface was polished.
A lot of people underestimate the ability of others to work metal, but think of a punch-out on an electrical box—they’re very smooth too. Using a Dremel, a polishing wheel, and compound, it’s not hard to create a smooth surface like this. But this is definitely post-mint damage. It’s not a rare mint error, but it is an odd find.
It was a quarter. It’s quarter-sized, so this is a quarter’s copper core with the outer clad layers artificially removed, and the copper here is polished.
When you understand the coin minting process, things like this are not a mystery. Things like this are not confounding, and you don’t automatically jump to, “I found this rare, unique unicorn—make me some money!” When I first saw it, I was like, “There’s just no way.” I mean, it has the edge reeding—it can’t be anything but post-mint. You don’t get the edge reeding until the strike, and then the coin is ejected. Then it’s a coin with edge reeding. What happened after that is exactly what I explained.
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