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19.. SOMETHING Wheat Cent
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Any thoughts? Not the date, this anomaly.
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That's funky!
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Don't recall seeing one just like that.
Looks like it might have been trapped in some machine for a while.
I grade it Parkinglot-69+ for the curiosity factor.
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What does it weigh?
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Tommy
Good point!!
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That was my thought. A dryer coin? 🤷♂️ A round lamination? 🤷♂️ Looks like a chocolate cent wrapped in copper foil. 🤣 😉
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I think it's an extreme dryer coin. The coin is overall pounded flat (much like you'd see in a coin put through a gemstone polisher) with the coin's rim spooned out then folded back over across the coin's faces.
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Apparently I have been awarded the DPOTD twice.
^^^
We've seen these before on the forum, just perhaps not to this degree.
Never seen that before
I have never seen that before, I would like to know what happened to it.
It is an extreme dryer coin, have seen these before.
It certainly is unique; I actually like it. Thinking "aloud" ...
If it is an extreme dryer coin with the edges folded down, the diameter would be well less than 19 mm. Also, considering what happens to a dryer coin, it seems unlikely that the outer rim would retain any detail (LIBERTY, Lincoln's hair, his shoulder, etc).
Another theory? Two coins, tooled such that they can be clamped/hammered together?
Cool, regardless.
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Tommy
Machined, post mint damage.
A possible use as a fuse?
Looks like an experiment from someone with too much time on their hands. Coin doctoring 101, microwave test dummy, nuclear explosion survivor, caught in the God particle machine, or G-force from an alien space craft. Did you find it at Oak Island?
All great feedback, examples and explanations. Thanks! I guess one can use their imagination. In any event, it's a good conversation piece.
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In addition to the diameter being way off!
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )