is this damaged or an odd coin?
Tradlinger
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Not sure if this is an error or just damage. looks like the back is gouged maybe a die chip and the edge looks almost like the planchet was too small.
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Damaged. Might have been ground down to use as a transit token.
Gouge on the reverse.
Both damaged and odd, but not in a good way.
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Or filed down to be used as a dime....
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I found this coin in a Coinstar machine several years ago.
The coin was probably altered with a file to pass as a dime in a vending machine.
It weighs 2.67gm, is 19mm in diameter, and the sides are smooth.
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A dime back then had far more value than it does today thanks to continuing inflation.
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I have a couple of Lincolns that look similar. My dad, who grew up in the 50's-60's, told me they used to file them down to make them work in pay phones, juke boxes, and pinball machines back in the day.
You could also take a nickel and hammer it between leather to the diameter of a quarter.