1945 Lincoln Penny Octagonal Shape
Chrisley
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First, let me thank everyone in advance for kindly answering so many of my questions in your comments.
You guys are a real pleasure to learn from.
Ok so, I picked this one up at a public auction about 12 years ago. At first glance it looked to be the result of someone bored with a grinder
. But then again, the edges are to smooth and finished like IMO. Any ideas?
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Nice pictures.
Post Mint Damage.
Post mint damage. Probably some kid in shop class. Possibly somebody trying to cut it down to pass as a dime in a pay phone.
Nice pics!
Post mint damage. Strictly spending money.
I agree with your first impression ->
Ok so, I picked this one up at a public auction about 12 years ago. At first glance it looked to be the result of someone bored with a grinder
PMD
@Chrisley
“... first glance it looked to be the result of someone bored with a grinder...”
Some say when taking a test to never change your first answer.
Very good pics!
Thanks guys
I agree with PMD.....Excellent pictures. Cheers, RickO
I have one somewhere that I kept.
An example of old school alteration to fool an early vending machine when a coin's size was all that was measured by the machine.
so they turned it into a vending machine dime?
Possibly, though the cut-down cents usually only worked in pay phones, which had very minimalist coin checkers. It's not like they were giving out an actual product like a Hershey bar (which I can remember buying for a nickel, and then a dime), just a few minutes of electronic time.
That was at a auction!?
Found a 1973 penny
Alteration – it did not leave the mint, looking like that at all
for PCGS. A 49+-Year PNG Member...A full numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022
Yep.... Altered .. PMD... but certainly a unique find. I would keep it in my 'weird finds' box. Cheers, RickO
Very funny PMD.
NEVER ARGUE WITH AN IDIOT.
FIRST THEY WILL DRAG YOU DOWN TO THEIR LEVEL.
THEN, THEY WILL BEAT YOU WITH EXPERIENCE.
MARK TWAIN
You can’t have a Hexagon shaped coin produced in a round collar.
Clearly PMD