1920 One Penny Possible Error? Take Two

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Protero New Member Costa Rica 3 Posts	Posted 02/23/2023 4:18 pm Hi. Thank you for welcoming me as a new member and I apologies for fumbling my first post. I have a 1920 (King George 5th) one penny that weighs 6.8 grams, all the other similar coins that I have weighed are between 9.2 g to 9.4 g and on google it said that the regular weight is of 9.45 g. Is this a mint error? Any information will really help. Thank you! Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/23/2023 4:22 pm Images too dark to evaluate. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16828 Posts	Posted 02/23/2023 4:46 pm I'm more than a little concerned about the edge - it appears to be reeded. British pennies have plain, un-reeded edges. I'm wondering if it's a hollowed out Magician's coin, with a third milled-edge coin being used as the sides of the "box". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Tom Goodheart Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 856 Posts	Posted 02/23/2023 4:54 pm A picture from the side might help. It looks too thick to be a penny to me. Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21609 Posts	Posted 02/23/2023 5:04 pm Whatever it is, it can't be an error, there is no way for that to happen at the mint. What is the diameter, should be 30.8 mm Possibly a fantasy coin or play money? Edited by JimmyD 02/23/2023 5:06 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Hogarth Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 735 Posts	Posted 02/23/2023 5:16 pm Yes, it appears to have been hollowed out and turned into a container. Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21609 Posts	Posted 02/23/2023 6:04 pm I remember seeing similar items on ebay, I think they were some sort of a snuff box. Report this Post to the Staff
Tom Goodheart Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 856 Posts	Posted 02/24/2023 12:13 pm The other sides of the pennies was no doubt milled out on a lathe. Like these 'magician's' coins; https://www.galata.co.uk/engraved-c...-of-5-pieces Report this Post to the Staff
Protero New Member Costa Rica 3 Posts	Posted 02/24/2023 2:18 pm Hi, Thank you all for reading my post and commenting. I put the coin on top of a blue bottle cup (not doing that again) to make it stand out. I will make another post with a picture from the side. It has the same diameter as other similar coins and it could be a Magician's coin I just don't know. Report this Post to the Staff
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