Has anyone come across a penny the size of a dime,has no date
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Oldhoopster
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Sorry, but it's not an error. It's commonly referred to as a dryer coin The coin gets stuck and tumbles around. This can happen when a coin gets stuck between the drum and outer wall of a commercial dryer. There other scenarios where this can occur as well. It's a damaged coin
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Not an error. Damage done after the mint
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The Lincoln head and memorial looks to be even smaller
Thank you, looks very odd
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Looks like it might be some type of novelty item and not a genuine U.S. coin.
There is a good explanation of dryer coins on error-ref.com, which is edited by a group that includes Fred Weinberg and Mike Diamond
http://www.error-ref.com/?s=Dryer+coin
I'm sure this coin was a dryer coin, thank you for the information