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I have a wheat penny from the 40's that has an edge about an 1/8 of an inch thick so it makes the face and back look like a tray and the diameter is about .100 smaller than a normal penny. Do you have any info on this coin?
Thanks, Shane
Shane,
At some time after the coin left the mint, somebody took a hammer or similar tool and tapped repeatedly all around the edge of the coin, smashing the rim and moving the metal of the rim, making it wider (thicker) and smaller in diameter -- it happens all the time -- one of the many things that people with too much time on their hands do to their coins.
Considered altered, it has no collector value.
Dan
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Dan Moore
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