A strange one this

Gazza

It is a 1966 penny but the rim is very wide, 1mm wider than normal. The diameter is down buy 0.7mm which you would think would account for the extra metal in the rim but its weight is up by 0.5g, that about 5%. The rim is definitely distressed as if it had been jammed into something too small and looks as though there is the ghost of some milling. I bought it for about 1$ just out of curiosity. What do you think?

ajaan

Wow, that is strange. Where's wybrit?

MacCrimmon

Someone has simply taken a spoon, or somesuch, and repeatedly tapped the rim to 'upset' it. You could simply drill the center and keep tapping until it "domes over" and you would have created a penny ring. Although your finger might turn green after just a bit....

Actually, noticing the edge, they could have also turned it between adjustable geared cogs also.....

Gazza

<< <i>Someone has simply taken a spoon, or somesuch, and repeatedly tapped the rim to 'upset' it. You could simply drill the center and keep tapping until it "domes over" and you would have created a penny ring. Although your finger might turn green after just a bit....

Actually, noticing the edge, they could have also turned it between adjustable geared cogs also..... >>



Yes, but what would increase its weight by 0.5g

coinandcurrency242

Someone was angry and took a hammer and banged the coin like there was no tomorrow! That is the end product of someone's rage . I have a nice assortmant of Pennies like that from 1900's to 1930's!

Steve27

I agree with Mac, it's usually done with a half dollar, but they are about the same size:

SCS51801

Here is something similiar yet much more extreme. I've had it for years and just recently came across it again. Seems it was "rolled" like
MacCrimmon had said in an earlier post. The neat thing is the lettering is almost perfectly left intact on the rim.

lordmarcovan

Looks like damage, as though the coin had been rim-tapped or rolled somehow, building up the rim. Perhaps as the first step in making it into a ring.

However, I can still see some denticles there, so I could be wrong.

My vote is post-mint damage, but it is indeed a curious item and I would be interested to hear what wybrit and others had to say.