Any Value To An Abnormally Thin Penny?

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North of 49 Pillar of the Community Canada 617 Posts	Posted 03/01/2011 7:52 pm A friend asked me about the value of a penny he came across. I didn't know the answer so I thought I'd ask here. It is a 1989 penny that looks normal except that it is abnormally thin, at least half the thickness of a normal penny if not more. does anyone know if there is any value to something like this? Are extra thin coins something that people collect? Report this Post to the Staff

R2bR2c Valued Member Canada 153 Posts	Posted 03/01/2011 8:14 pm "Abnormally thin" usually means, 99% of the time, that it was done by acid or coca-cola baths. It removes the same amount of metal from every part of the coin (field and design) so it looks normal except for the thickness/weight and the somewhat rough surface. It's not worth anything really. Report this Post to the Staff
Wild Bill Pillar of the Community United States 744 Posts	Posted 03/01/2011 11:41 pm CANADIAN COINS STRUCK ON PLANCHETS INTENDED FOR FOREIGN COINAGE These coins represent a fairly new field of wrong planchet strikes, since 1917 the Royal Canadian Mint has produced planchets and coinage for more than seventy-seven countries. You need to know the weight of the coin to find what you might be looking for in the following site http://www.coinscan.com/mintingvari...foreign.html Report this Post to the Staff
rodime Valued Member Canada 276 Posts	Posted 03/01/2011 11:54 pm Yes. There's that. You know, you hear horses: You think zebras. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 03/02/2011 12:48 am Most of these types of errors come about when a major Mint such as The Royal Mint executes orders for coins from many different countries. Planchets intended to carry the correct design for it get mixed up with batches planchets intended for another country. I have seen an Australian florin struck on a U.S. wartime nickel planchet. Edited by sel_69l 03/02/2011 12:50 am Report this Post to the Staff
North of 49 Pillar of the Community Canada 617 Posts	Posted 03/02/2011 7:22 pm Thanks for your thoughts on this guys. I'll have to tell my friend that it's a little unique but that's all. Report this Post to the Staff
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