Got some coins, some nice stuff..

OHC6

Went to one of my grandmothers houses, and she heard I started collecting coins so she gave me a little coin pouch with a bunch of random coins she had. I went through them and found a few nice ones, a few strange ones, and a few funny ones. Heres a few that I remember.
Quite a few Haitian coins, one from 1908. Japanese/Chinese coins. 1936 Buffalo Nickel, very nice condition. 1941 German Pfennig. A few nice old pennies. A funny 1948 penny thats 1/3 the thickness of a real penny, and a 1917 penny that is about the size of a Nickel, the thickness of normal penny and the design actually fits the coin size (?!)...and some other nice and weird coins..

Just thought I'd share this nice find with you guys. I'll post pictures of any if anyone is actually interested.

morganbarber

The coins of odd thickness and size sound very interesting. Post pics. Someone will let you know what the deal is and if they are valuable. Welcome aboard!

OHC6

Heres a pic of the big penny. The black spots on it arent there in person, I guess its due to bad lighting. I put it next to a normal penny to comapare the size. Also, the coin is the same thickness of a normal penny, so I dont really suspect that this coin has been pressed to make it wider. I don't expect this to be of any importance, and even if it was it is very bad of shape, but its still an interesting peice.

Larger penny

Heres a front pic of the thin penny. The reverse is just as legible as the front, well a little less due to wear.

Thin Penny

And heres a view of its thickness...

Side view..

morganbarber

would some error expert please help this guy out?

jonathanb

Not errors. The thin coin is acid-treated. The large one is simply mangled.

Sorry!

jonathan

GaCoinGuy

The thin one looks like a couple I found in a bag of wheats I bought. Mine were the size and thickness of dimes..........my guess is that they were used to fool pay phones and the like back when the coin acceptors were easily fooled.

Craton

Post mint damage

SmallSizedGuy

The thin cent is caused by immersion in nitric acid. Dissolves all the metal on the coin at the same rate, so pretty much leaves the detail intact while"thinning" the coin.

OHC6

Such weird things people do to coins these days...I think I'll go and make my own fun coins, maybe try some stomach acid...

eyoung429

Stomach acid does't work......just ask my daughter

OHC6

Darn! Why does everything I say have to be shot down!?

BlindedByEgo

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Does not!

OffMetal

Sorry, they are not errors

michael

truth is a painful thing more often than not in coins especially more so if you paid $$$$$$$$ for the coins