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Planchet, but for what?

JustJoeKing

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I've got a strange little copper coin. I found it detecting some years ago in Portland, OR. Perhaps it's a penny, but it's the edge that throws me. Not your typical US penny edge. I'm surprised in some of my general research there aren't more photos of coin edges.

As you may be able to see on the photo of the edge, it seems to taper in on both sides, forming a bit of a trapezoid shape.

So, geniuses of the coin world...can you help me identify this sucker?

I don't have a sensitive enough scale right now, but I took some calipers to it and it measures in at 18.77mm whereas a current US penny is at 19.05mm

Thank you!

Joe
 

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the second pic looks like it's 2 coins put together like a sammich. I have a couple trick coins like that. It's amazing how well done they are. One is a merc dime inside a wheat cent. It fits seamlessly together so maybe yours is one of those. First pic doesn't look that way though.
 
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