Chipk
Elite Member
I was curb strip hunting yesterday and found a small number of pennies. Two wheats and the rest were memorials. Ho-hum!
When I got home I realized that one seemed a little different. It felt slightly larger and slightly lighter. It looked like the rest but just felt.....different.
I tossed it in the tumbler tonight with a handful of other dirty pennies. After a couple of hours of going around and around I pulled it out and compared it to another penny. Looks just like the others, no obvious distortion as you would expect if it had been smashed. Placed the second penny on top of it. Yep, it is slightly larger as the rim extends beyond the second. Put them on my scale. The second penny weighs 29 grams and this one weighs 22 grams.
Oddity or not? Has anybody else seen one like this? Am I facing tremendous wealth or is it worth....a penny? Very curious.
When I got home I realized that one seemed a little different. It felt slightly larger and slightly lighter. It looked like the rest but just felt.....different.
I tossed it in the tumbler tonight with a handful of other dirty pennies. After a couple of hours of going around and around I pulled it out and compared it to another penny. Looks just like the others, no obvious distortion as you would expect if it had been smashed. Placed the second penny on top of it. Yep, it is slightly larger as the rim extends beyond the second. Put them on my scale. The second penny weighs 29 grams and this one weighs 22 grams.
Oddity or not? Has anybody else seen one like this? Am I facing tremendous wealth or is it worth....a penny? Very curious.