Posted 10/20/2015 8:50 pm
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As the story goes, back in the 1950's - 1960's when it cost a dime to use the pay telephones and the really cool stuff was always in the dime gum ball machines, kids would file a penny down to match the size of a dime. Many an unsuspecting machine was taken advantage of this way. If you look at the edges of the coin and examine the dime overlay, it becomes clear that is what has happened in this case. You can even see how the face of the coin was filed down to match the thickness of the dime. Some cents do get minted on the wrong planchets but many are like this one! http://www.lincolncentsonline.com/pmd.html
As the story goes, back in the 1950's - 1960's when it cost a dime to use the pay telephones and the really cool stuff was always in the dime gum ball machines, kids would file a penny down to match the size of a dime. Many an unsuspecting machine was taken advantage of this way. If you look at the edges of the coin and examine the dime overlay, it becomes clear that is what has happened in this case. You can even see how the face of the coin was filed down to match the thickness of the dime. Some cents do get minted on the wrong planchets but many are like this one! http://www.lincolncentsonline.com/pmd.html
Edited by cwb
10/20/2015 8:51 pm
10/20/2015 8:51 pm
