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Possible Penny Error? Like Nothing I've Seen Before Exact Size Of Dime

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 Posted 10/15/2016  06:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GrassStyle to your friends list
wouldn't it be a die adjustment error? And how is it smaller then a penny and the same exact size as a dime with perfect rounded edges. The surface is also very smooth on both sides could it be wrong planchet or blank? Seems to perfect to be altered or damaged to me but I'm looking for answers
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 Posted 10/15/2016  06:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jasper62 to your friends list
I would say a Dryer Coin but the rims are usually folded towards the center of the coin. Looks like someone took it in a shot blast booth & had some fun with it. Acid dipped Coin? There are thousands of ways it could have been damaged but one thing is certain, It did not leave the mint looking this way.
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 Posted 10/15/2016  07:00 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list
to CCF. Not an error coin. It could be a Dryer Coin or someone did it intentionally.
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My thought exactly.

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 Posted 10/15/2016  12:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list
Acid is also a possibility but being the size of a dime I am thinking someone made it to resemble a dime. A weight might help.
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 Posted 10/15/2016  3:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
They used to do that years ago to put them in pop machines and get a 10 cent 10 oz soda for 1 cent. (I never did that though) Just leaned about it after finding one of the acid dipped cents.
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 Posted 10/17/2016  3:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Conder101 to your friends list
It's not just acid soaked. That would reduce the diameter and thickness, but something else has been done to it to weaken the details. Compare it to the other acid soaked coins Coop posted. Those coins have also been reduced the same way, but the details are still clear.
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 Posted 10/17/2016  4:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
Almost looks like it was sand blasted also?
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I'm not sure what or why these coins end up this way, but apparently your not alone.
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 Posted 10/07/2018  7:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list
to CCF! You have just a heavily damaged Cent. It's Post Strike Damage ( PSD), meaning that it happened after it left the U.S. Mint. It's worth face value, because it was damaged.
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 Posted 10/07/2018  7:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
Yep. Keep looking and asking!



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 Posted 10/08/2018  04:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list
to CCF Loistine122459. That is cool looking. Maybe someones very long carried pocket piece?
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 Posted 10/08/2018  11:38 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverDollar2017 to your friends list
Post mint damage, not an error.

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