Blank Penny???

MrJeep · Sep 22, 2011

I went to the supermarket yesterday and went to the self checkout. Paid for my things with cash and got a blank penny in my change. I don't know if it's a real blank penny or a copper slug. Who would waste time making a copper slug penny? :?:

BUZZ WILSON · Sep 22, 2011

If it don't have a lip on the edge, then it Might had been ground off.

KingTotsalot · Sep 22, 2011

It has all the appearances of being a mint blank, termed a planchet, ready to strike but for some reason slipped by and made it into circulation. It will work in any machine that takes a regular penny. Since it is not struck, no telling how old it is! Weigh it and compare it to that of a real copper lincoln vs one of those new zincolns. My bet is it is fairly old and is solid copper! I have a couple of these in my coin collection for conversation pieces!

PhotoRob06 · Sep 22, 2011

BUZZ WILSON said:
If it don't have a lip on the edge, then it had been ground off.

There's a slight lip, you can see the shadow... looks like a blank to me.

searcher64 · Sep 22, 2011

I have found many in change.

BUZZ WILSON · Sep 23, 2011

PhotoRob06 said:
There's a slight lip, you can see the shadow... looks like a blank to me.

Don't they stamp both sides at the same time.

PhotoRob06 · Sep 23, 2011

BUZZ WILSON said:
Don't they stamp both sides at the same time.

I think he just has that other penny there for size comparison. If I'm reading this right, then both sides are blank.

Here's another I found online, I think that rim is made when the blank is first punched out from a sheet...

Blank Penny???

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