Coin and Paper Money Collecting/misstamped penny

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Expert: - 1/12/2008


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i have a penny that looks as if a penny stamped a nickle sized blank.Thesize is about the same size as a nickle but its apenny.Is that possible?

Answer
Sorry, Steve, it can't happen at the mint.  It is possible for planchets smaller than intended to be struck and that has indeed happened; example -- cent struck on dime planchet, quarter struck on nickel planchet etc.  But the larger planchet won't be fed into the machine even if it got in the hopper by mistake.  Look carefully to see if action taken by curious boys after minting might be responsible.

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Jim Lawniczak

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I will answer your questions about encased coins (lucky pennies), which are advertising and event tokens with coins, unually cents, struck with the token.

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Long time collector of encased coins and author of several articles on encased coins.

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TAMS, ECI (Encased Collectors International)

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TAMS -- several articles on encased coins, in particular the encased coins of the 1901 Buffalo Pan American Exposition
Casement -- many articles on encased coins

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