No date zinc cent.

[duck620]

This coin is missing markings on the obv & rev.coin is thicker than a regular zinc cent,but has no date.
Thanks.....Ken.

[jfines69]

Any idea what the weight is... If that is not an acid job it is most likely a weak strike... I hope the pros chime in... I am sure one of them will want to see it... Nice find!!!

[georoxx]

I guess I feel a little differently about it. I was thinking "who would care?", but maybe I'm wrong and I'll learn a little something when we find out that there's more interest about this coin than I would have imagined.

Staying tuned.

-Geo

[duck620]

Jim,everytime i weight this coin,first time it's 2 grams.Next time it's 3 grams. Scale "SUCKS".
kEN.

[mustbebob]

I would say it's struck through grease, and a whole lot of it.

[jcuve]

Agreed...full rims, it is a greaser...nice find. A weak strike shows weak rims (usually just the proto rims from the upset mill).

[jfines69]

I was thinking (Uh Oh)... The coins are struck, I believe, with 80 tons of pressure... I can see where the items incused into the die could retain grease and cause a struck through anomaly... But on the die face I would think that any grease would be obliterated and pushed out toward the rim causing a chamfered look at the rim or even being pushed out of the coin entirely... There is a lot of heat generated at the time of striking and I would believe that any grease on the face would become liquid!!!

[mustbebob]

Jim,
The grease used on the striking machinery is pretty thick stuff. If grease were to get in the striking chamber,and into the incused devices of the dies, it could be there a while. Remember that once a coin is being struck, the coin is contained by the collar. Not a lot of places for the grease to escape to. I have seen quite a few solid date bank wrapped rolls with many, many greasers in it, and they were all the same die. I would think that it could wear off over time, or get cleaned off, but you would be surprised at the variations that could come about from a grease filled die.

[Bri]

That's a nice find! There's much more "struck through grease damage" than a 1994 example I posted awhile back. congrats!!

[DoubleYou]

Serious struck thru grease error. Dated between 1993-2008. Can't tell exactly from the pictures. It strikes me as a 1999 or so.

Wendell

[jfines69]

Thanks Bob... You are correct... I didn't think about the collar... Only place for the grease to really go would be into the incused areas... This I can visualise... I appreciate the explanation!!!

[duck620]

Wendell,your right.Coin date looks like 199-after rotating you can see part of the date.Also coin has a nice die crack @ the R on rev.Here's 3 more pics.
Thanks....ken.

[DoubleYou]

Well, I can't really tell if it's a 1999 or not with entire confidence, but by the design, details, the fact that there seems to be an abundance of 1999 pennies struck through grease, all combined to make me think it was a 1999. It definitely is 199?. Between 93 and 99, probably the latter. I do think it is a 99, but I simply cannot be entirely sure.


Wendell