1953 Penny On Wrong Planchette?

I clean floors so find lots of coins. This one looked really different from any Wheat penny I've found. Thanks for the response.

Yea, I wouldn't clean one myself. It's possible this one was found sucked up into one of the tanks of the machines we use for cleaning. I can't remember. No way around some of the stuff I find being exposed to chemicals because of the work.

Edit: didn't think the floor stripper we use actually does anything except take the patina away from pre-zinc pennies. it removes patina from copper ones but they stay the same weight.

Thanks for the feed back everyone. Would you think that I've found a coin someone else tried to alter? The edges on this coin feel really sharp, compared with the rounded lip feel of the other one. The washed out, overcleaned look again could be from the floor stripper we use but, it doesn't dissolve old coins.

If it was wear from the work/machines it would be face damage from being drug along flat on the vct tile by one of the machines squeegees, before it was sucked into the dirty water recovery tank through a soft plastic hose.

Edit: I don't see that on this but the edges are still quite sharp to the touch.

its as thin or thinner than a dime and almost the same circumference.

Spence calls it.



to the CCF!

you are the guys with the knowledge so don't take this as disagreeing. every night I collect change out off the machines. The zinc pennies don't survive. the copper ones get all the patina removed but no mass. can you help me understand why this one weighs 1.1 gs less than a normal penny but still has edges that are sharp to the touch? the face wear is typical of other penny's I have, but without patina it doesn't look the same. how is it so thin but still retain the detail a normal penny has? if acid was used wouldn't the details would be much more reduced and the edges rounded? I could take a normal penny with patina and put it in the tank to demonstrate? wish I could put up some higher res shots.