Found This In A Roll Today.......

[LJ]

Last week I posted a picture of a half that I found that was very worn and didn't think I would ever see one in worse shape until I found this one today in a roll. It is a 40%. With it being so worn it has the copper showing on the rim so I thought I would be pulling out a British penny.

The back has nothing identifiable as you can see.....totally blank. It has seen it's better days. I think this one was tired and ready for retirement....lol.

 

[AFModell]

Are you sure its not a just a washer? :P

 

[engine 823]

WOW Thats Horrible!!!!
Good Hunting!!!!!!

 

[patpall22]

That's kinda cool LJ.

I'll bet it is fun for you finding anything new in this hobby.

 

[jewelerdave]

I saw a dollar like that once,
When I was a kid this old man who was a security guard showed it too me, a flat, blank coin, he told me the year of the coin even though it was gone.
He said it was the first dollar he earned when he was a kid back in like 1920 something.
Kept it on him ever since so he would never be broke.

I wonder if that one has a similar story, something that was with someone for a long time...

 

[vegasmtl]

Those are called "slicks". Magicians love the dollar coins that are like that.

 

[TxTim]

Silver is silver - keeper.
A coin that slick should be a seated half!

 

[Silver_Fox]

Re: Found This In A Roll Today....... Here is another

LJ, looks like one someone carried for years. My Dad (bless him) carried a 1921 Morgan (his birth date) for so many years it looks like a slug. Here is a picture of the front and back with a good one next to it. All you can see is a light hairline left.

 

[LJ]

Re: Found This In A Roll Today....... Here is another

LJ, looks like one someone carried for years. My Dad (bless him) carried a 1921 Morgan (his birth date) for so many years it looks like a slug. Here is a picture of the front and back with a good one next to it. All you can see is a light hairline left.

Yes, I agree AW. They carried it around a long time.

Any idea how many years your Dad carried that coin? I am just curious how long it takes to get a coin to that condition.

 

[Silver_Fox]

Re: Found This In A Roll Today....... Here is another

LJ, looks like one someone carried for years. My Dad (bless him) carried a 1921 Morgan (his birth date) for so many years it looks like a slug. Here is a picture of the front and back with a good one next to it. All you can see is a light hairline left.

Yes, I agree AW. They carried it around a long time.

Any idea how many years your Dad carried that coin? I am just curious how long it takes to get a coin to that condition.

I would have to guess 20 years or so.

 

[Hydrantman]

Lejeuene... That coin is called a "blank planchet" in which the planchet was sent through the press but got very little or no stamping at all. This is a great find as inspectors usually pull these errors out of circulation before the leave the mint. They must have missed that one. I wish I could find some of those! That's a great catch!

 

[Cannonman17]

Lejeuene... That coin is called a "blank planchet" in which the planchet was sent through the press but got very little or no stamping at all. This is a great find as inspectors usually pull these errors out of circulation before the leave the mint. They must have missed that one. I wish I could find some of those! That's a great catch!

It's not a blank planchet... a blank planchet is just that blank, not partially stamped. There are errors that look similar called capped die errors and sometimes a strike through although I've never seen a strike through bad enough to come close to this. This coin was probably a pocket coin like the above mentioned- not an error.

 

[Silver_Fox]

I'd vote for pocket coin after seeing my Dad's and knowing how long he carried it.

 

[aa battery]

Thats how i clean my clad carry it in my pocket for awhile. Really

 

[coincollector101]

I found one of those the other day lj....They Have been around , Mine was not as bad as yours but still realy wore.
I just put it back in the bag.

Happy Hunting,
CC

 

[Hydrantman]

Lejeuene... if you dont want it or if you're just gonna throw it away, send it to me, I'll take it from you.

 

[LJ]

Lejeuene... That coin is called a "blank planchet" in which the planchet was sent through the press but got very little or no stamping at all. This is a great find as inspectors usually pull these errors out of circulation before the leave the mint. They must have missed that one. I wish I could find some of those! That's a great catch!

It's not a blank planchet... a blank planchet is just that blank, not partially stamped. There are errors that look similar called capped die errors and sometimes a strike through although I've never seen a strike through bad enough to come close to this. This coin was probably a pocket coin like the above mentioned- not an error.

CM is right.....it isn't a blank planchet. Like a few others mentioned above it is a pocket coin that someone carried around for a very long time.

It is interesting to find these. It's fun to have for a conversation piece....kinda like the Magician coins.....a novelty.