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Can Anyone Tell Me What Is Up With This Wheat Penny?

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PurchaseMan1
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a friend of mine gave me this coin. it is a Wheat penny and cant see the date on it. anyone have any info on this coin? any premium? error? anything?

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Someone purposely decorated the coin.
Either practicing a technique or too much idle time.

Worthless but interesting
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Someone with lots of time used a sharp pick and hammer to rough this up.
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Looks like it's been Dremeled to death.
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An interesting find. I think its purpose was to inpsire conversation. I say mission accomplished.
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Leather engraving tool, hand punched, probably ruined the tip, why design is such.
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Rather nice!
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