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semvhu New Member United States 28 Posts	Posted 09/21/2006 11:15 pm I found an interesting penny while looking through my 74 pounds of pennies (that's a story for another day). This one has a weird indention in it, like the edge of another penny was pressed hard against part of it, pushing it inward. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...ndention.jpg Could this have happened when it was made? Or was this likely something that just happened later? The edge of another penny fits perfectly within the indention. You can barely make out in the picture from the back side that the penny is bent. If anyone cares, I can try to get a picture from the edge showing how much it is bent. Report this Post to the Staff

Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 09/22/2006 03:53 am Hi semvhu This cent has counting machine damage,, in 74 pounds of cents I would guess is it wont be the only one you find with this type of damage. Rick Report this Post to the Staff
semvhu New Member United States 28 Posts	Posted 09/22/2006 09:19 am Ah, counting machines. I didn't even think about those. I have a couple of others similar to this one that I scanned but haven't posted yet. I think I'll just not post them and not waste anyone's time. Thanks! Surely I have a penny in that 74 pounds of pennies that's worth a million bucks, right? Eh, probably not.... Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 09/30/2006 01:55 am Actually counting machine damage will be parallel to the rim and will be smaller in circumference than the rim...which this is not. What this coin suffers from is an indention from the rim of another coin...probably crushed together with a hammer or other very hard hit. Report this Post to the Staff
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