I Have A 1954-D Penney That Weights 3.4 Can Anyone Help Me Out With This

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7111421Jay Valued Member United States 51 Posts	Posted 03/20/2017 12:45 am Report this Post to the Staff

spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 03/20/2017 12:57 am Is it thicker/ larger than a normal Wheat cent? Maybe you could post a picture of the edge when sandwiched between two others? It may just be thick-rolled stock which isn't unusual. I don't know what the tolerances are for weight variation, though. Edit: It seems the current tolerance for cents is +/-0.13g. I don't know what it was in 1954, if different at all. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Edited by spru 03/20/2017 01:05 am Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 03/20/2017 01:06 am Thought it was .3 or something tolerance, yea some were thin/thick back in " the good ole daze"! er, that was the 60's wernt it! Report this Post to the Staff
7111421Jay Valued Member United States 51 Posts	Posted 03/20/2017 01:08 am Report this Post to the Staff
7111421Jay Valued Member United States 51 Posts	Posted 03/20/2017 01:10 am No penny should weigh over 3.2 this penny is 3.4 its the same thickness as any other penny Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 03/20/2017 01:22 am Thanks for the pics! I'll wait for those with more expertise than I to comment on weight variation of Wheat Cents. It actually does look thicker than the other two in your second pic. Definitely more than the top one and slightly more than the bottom one. I'm interested because 3.4g seems a little too far out there to be within standard deviations from 3.11g. Also, if you're using a digital scale that does not measure 1/100g then you have to account for rounding. It may actually weigh 3.35g. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Edited by spru 03/20/2017 01:27 am Report this Post to the Staff
7111421Jay Valued Member United States 51 Posts	Posted 03/20/2017 01:46 am I have weighed it on 3 sets they all say the same. ..Also just to see what would happen I took it to a coin star and it kicked it not sure what is going on with it Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 03/20/2017 02:55 am The original post is kind of in the "late night" realm and that's probably why only me and Crazyb0 have commented. I expect more comments tomorrow. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 03/20/2017 04:47 am Sounds like a rooled thick planchet. At 3.4 it is noticeably outside mint tolerance range (even if it is 3.35 and the scale is rounding to 3.4 it is still well out of tolerance) Value, probably not much. Now it it was 4 grams then you would probably have something of real interest. Report this Post to the Staff
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