Texas Cent
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A Texas Cent is a cent with a larger diameter that was damaged intentionally after it left the mint. The normal method is to hammer the cent between 2 pieces of (usually) leather. Commonly seen on cents that have had their plating removed, but not always.
Comparison
Here is a normal and Texas Cent sided by side, click images to enlarge.
Regular size cent (left) and Texas cent. (right)
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