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Mystery Coin I Just Found In Bank Roll Last Week? Please Help (Id: Electrical Box Knock-Out Blank)

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What kind of roll was the coin found in? Cents? Nickels?
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With the 2 tabs 180 out from each other, I'm thinking it's a knockout from an electrical box. At this point sanding a little won't hurt it. To see if there is any devices on it.
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That's a good guess.



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A penny roll is where I found it. I can see some letters on it but idk what it says.
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If it is the size of a cent, then it would be too small for an electrical knockout
but it could be a slug or knockout of some sort. The letters you see are
probably the manufacturers name. Pretty sure it isn't any type of coin.
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I would say Cujohn is spot on. Here is a pic if you are not familiar with what Cujohn I referring to.


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You made me look, Jimmy. You're right, it's about the size of a nickel.
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I see a Porsche
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I see a Fred Flintstone car.
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It is an excellent example of "just because something is roughly coin-shaped doesn't mean it must have been a coin".

I do not know it is one of those electrical punch-outs people often find in coin rolls, but the tags at left and right clearly indicate it was punched out of something.

Some criminal mastermind simply noticed that it was penny sized, so used it to rort the system of one entire penny. Or maybe two pennies, given how thick it is.

Of course, they probably could have sold it for more than a penny's worth of scrap metal...
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I'm thinking it's a knockout from an electrical box

Since I'm a commercial electrician I'll have to agree 100% that this is a knock-out blank from a steel box
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I think thats exactly what it is, thank you for all of your time and help! I'm going to the bank, they owe me for this, lol!
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LOL. Hope you can afford the gasoline to recover your loss.
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Revolting! Currently wondering watt ever possessed someone to include this in a roll of coins for you to find? Wire people so prone to this? Guess nothing impeded them from doing so, and they had no capacity for resistance to temptation.

I know...someone should slug me.

Never mind...I'll do it for you...

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Of course, they probably could have sold it for more than a penny's worth of scrap metal...
Truth.

A reminder that the penny should no longer circulate.


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Never mind...I'll do it for you...
You punster.
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