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2002-D Lincoln...rolled edge???? Still weighs the same as normal cent.

I found this the other day in my pocket change. Were the edges not trimmed? What causes this to happen, has anyone seen this before? Any input would be appreciated. Thanks
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Here is a normal penny, just to give you an idea.

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Joshua P. Merchant
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  • Probably someone ground off the edges. I guess you'd have to weigh it and compare it to a normal cent to find out.
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  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146
    i had a buffalo nickel like that.
    lookd like the rim was hammered all around
    which while reducing the circumfrence it raised the rim way higher than whats normal.
    still dont know how it was made that way.
  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146
    to add, :the cent doesnt seemed much reduced for it rim height like my old nickel.



  • << <i>Probably someone ground off the edges. I guess you'd have to weigh it and compare it to a normal cent to find out. >>



    Weighed it, and it is exactly the same weight as a normal cent.

    2002-D Lincoln = 2.5g

    my 2002-D w/ rounded rim = 2.5g
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  • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭
    It's spooned. Someone got bored and tapped the edges with a spoon or other hard object until that happened. It's not a mint error.
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  • errormavenerrormaven Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭
    I agree with coppercoins that it is not a mint error. However, the regularity of deformed edge, and its triangular cross-sectional profile, would suggest a technique was involved other than spooning. I think it was simultaneously rolled and squeezed in a mechanical device that functioned in a similar manner to an upset mill. I see a lot of these vandalized coins, and I believe a significant proportion of them were altered in this fashion.
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  • << <i>It's spooned. Someone got bored and tapped the edges with a spoon or other hard object until that happened. It's not a mint error. >>



    I found something that looks kinda like it Here
    Ram strike???
    Type II planchet strike?
    Hereis the web sight I got that link from.
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  • << <i>It's spooned. Someone got bored and tapped the edges with a spoon or other hard object until that happened. It's not a mint error. >>



    Also, how bored do you have to get? I worked a machine shop for a couple of years and you would have to hit it with a spoon since the day it was minted to make it look like this. It is too "perfect" in roundness to be made by hand. Maybe the die was pressed too hard??
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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Tap tap. Someone around here was making rings out of coins by that method.
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  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146
    i,ve heard that these spooned rimmed coins are the product of prison life.
    the prisoner would use a spoon to tap the coin edge for many hours and days
    maybe just to past the time or some reason.
    thats one theory i heard anyway
    not sure of that infos validity but sure as hell dont wanna find out for myself
    be it the case.

    heard that one too about making rings from coins,preferably a silver washie for a nice ring.
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    kinda like this.

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  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146
    cool darque coin ring.
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  • errormavenerrormaven Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I found something that looks kinda like it Here
    Ram strike???
    Type II planchet strike?
    Hereis the web sight I got that link from. >>



    The disc on the left is a planchet ("Type II"). It shows the upset rim or "proto-rim". While there is some similarity to the edge of the vandalized coin, it's not a very close match. A planchet will show a trapezoidal cross-sectional profile, not a triangular cross-sectional profile. That's because the floor of the groove in the upset mill takes the form of a truncated triangle.

    The vandalized coin shows the "rim" curling over the design -- an impossibility in a genuine striking error.
    Mike Diamond is an error coin writer and researcher. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those held by any organization I am a member of.


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    << <i>I found something that looks kinda like it Here
    Ram strike???
    Type II planchet strike?
    Hereis the web sight I got that link from. >>



    The disc on the left is a planchet ("Type II"). It shows the upset rim or "proto-rim". While there is some similarity to the edge of the vandalized coin, it's not a very close match. A planchet will show a trapezoidal cross-sectional profile, not a triangular cross-sectional profile. That's because the floor of the groove in the upset mill takes the form of a truncated triangle.

    The vandalized coin shows the "rim" curling over the design -- an impossibility in a genuine striking error. >>



    All I have to say to that is.....ok image
    Thanks for the info, always appreciated. It is true, you learn something new every day...or my case..minute. lol
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  • Bezeled coins often turn out like this one.Don't know why anyone would bezel a penny though.
  • My bet is that it took a ride in a dryer for a few hours !
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