Penny the size of a dime!?

coin whisperer · Nov 2, 2013

Hey guys I got out to a older home site today and the only thing I found was some stinking lincolns, two wheaties and this 1970 something penny. The strange thing is that this penny is the exact same size as a dime! The rim of it is rounded I guess you would say kinda like the coin was struck so hard at the mint that the rim on the front and back is thicker than the actual face and rear of the coin.

Donneybrook · Nov 2, 2013

normally id say someone went clippin' but the raised edge is strange.

frankiefry · Nov 2, 2013

It looks like the edge was hammered in preperation for making a coin ring. That's how you would start. Cool find. : )

coin whisperer · Nov 2, 2013

frankiefry said:
It looks like the edge was hammered in preperation for making a coin ring. That's how you would start. Cool find. : )

That is what my buddy Bill S said also, but why would anybody wanna make a coin ring out of a modern penny?

frankiefry · Nov 2, 2013

Practice makes perfect. Why ruin a good silver coin until you know what you're doing? : )

Lightningjack · Nov 2, 2013

Looks like a dryer coin..

Seven · Nov 2, 2013

That's a strange one indeed. My first thought would also be that it was a coin ring in the beginning stages but I don't know. I'm like you, if I was going to practice on a coin ring I would use a modern quarter like the one I found earlier this year. That's what makes this hobby so much fun... you never know what's going to come out of the ground.

coin whisperer · Nov 2, 2013

Lightningjack said:
Looks like a dryer coin..

You mean one that has been beaten to death in a dryer right? :laughing:

It can't be though because the rim is perfect all the way around back and front same thickness and there are no marks on the rim

Lightningjack · Nov 2, 2013

coin whisperer said:
You mean one that has been beaten to death in a dryer right? It can't be though because the rim is perfect all the way around back and front same thickness and there are no marks on the rim

Yep theres tons of them that look identical to yours...

turtlefoot · Nov 2, 2013

Lightningjack said:
Looks like a dryer coin..

+1

trash2find · Nov 2, 2013

frankiefry said:
It looks like the edge was hammered in preperation for making a coin ring. That's how you would start. Cool find. : )

coin whisperer · Nov 2, 2013

that thing must have been in a dryer at least 100 times then because I've dried a lot of coins and they came out of the dryer just like they did before they went in

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turtlefoot · Nov 2, 2013

"Coins get stuck in the fins of commercial clothes dryers and are not removed for weeks or months until the machine is serviced. The continual tumbling against the steel drum beats the snot out of a coin and causes the rims to roll and fold inwards. Also, the heat of the dryer has nothing to do with the process."

Taken from http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=79493

coin whisperer · Nov 2, 2013

turtlefoot said:
"Coins get stuck in the fins of commercial clothes dryers and are not removed for weeks or months until the machine is serviced. The continual tumbling against the steel drum beats the snot out of a coin and causes the rims to roll and fold inwards. Also, the heat of the dryer has nothing to do with the process."

Taken from http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=79493

oh yea I never thought about that! Ty for dropping some knowledge!

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ohiochris · Nov 2, 2013

I dont know , the edge looks too uniform. Dont seem to have enough irregularities to be a be pounded into that shape.

RTR · May 25, 2018

I have a Indian head penny that Will Not fit in a penny Lincoln holder. Or a Dime holder...It's too big. :?:

brncofan · May 25, 2018

cool find maybe its a rare mis strike coin

LandOLincoln · May 25, 2018

Those are not pennys, they are cents.

. Just kidding. Cool pennys.

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