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It's not an error. It's a badly damaged coin. All PMD.
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Looks like someone used a small hammer and pounded it until you can not recognize the design.. Or something like that anyway.
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no longer a penny - it is now a copper slug. all damaged beyond recognition.
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Yep I think all we can tell you is that it was minted somewhere between 1959 and 1982.
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Error? Just an extremely messed up parking lot cent!
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