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Help With Oddly Shaped1968 Lincoln Penny

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 Posted 11/30/2021  05:42 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Nvr735i to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi I'm new to coin collecting and I was going through a batch of coins I had and came across this Penny. It's obviously smaller than the regular Penny and is missing in God we trust,the L in liberty and missing edge all around. I was wondering if someone could tell me whether or not this was Mis-struck or was it altered manually by somebody? Thanks for your help!
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 Posted 11/30/2021  05:49 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add lcutler to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Welcome to the forum. Unfortunately this coin is just damaged.
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 Posted 11/30/2021  06:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@nvr, first welcome to CCF. Second, Imagree that this coin was damaged by shaving down of the rim. Whether this was intentional or not, I don't think that we will ever know.
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Yes, post-strike damage, unfortunately.
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Possibly someone was shaving it down to the size of a dime to fit
in vending machine. In any case, it is just damage.
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Totally agree with the consensus here. PMD.

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It was ground down to the size of dime to fool a pop machine. So I've heard.
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Ok guys thanks so much for your help!
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