Dime size penny?

John

I found this 1970 penny in my dad's collection and never seen anything like it. 1c on a 10c? It has a faint Roosevelt face with D mint mark on the top left of reverse.

John

FredWeinberg

Man-made alteration/magicians coin – not an error coin of any kind or type, Sorry to say.

GaCoinGuy

My dad told me that back when pay phones were a dime, people would grind down Lincolns to make them work in a pay phone or in cigarette machines. I have several Wheat cents just like this one.

ms71

Back in the 60s & 70s, most of vending machines (candy/cigarettes/snacks, etc.) were of the purely mechanical type. You put in coins then pulled a plunger-type knob beneath the column holding the item you wanted. If the money was correct, one side of the lowest little shelf in the column was released and the item on the shelf fell to the tray at the bottom of the display where you could take it. Typically there were 8 to 10 columns holding the various products. A penny filed down carefully to the diameter of a dime worked very well, though sometimes the faces of the penny needed to be filed as well to flatten out the rims and highest design elements. I, of course, am only passing this on from hearsay . . . . . ..

John

Thanks i appreciate help. How the hell did the face and D mint mark get on the reverse? Did they modify an error coin?

Manifest_Destiny

Yes.

jmlanzaf

@John said:
Thanks i appreciate help. How the hell did the face and D mint mark get on the reverse? Did they modify an error coin?

There is no face or mint mark on the reverse. There's a scuff that you're interpreting a being the face.

jesbroken

Pareidolia. Happens all the time. So, so many samples in past posts. Some are actually convincing to posters. Below is a photo of what I felt sure(20 yrs ago) was a rarity die error, but the 2nd photo closeup shows it is not. Good luck.
Jim