Look at this penny...

COCollector

I've never seen anything like this:











It's diameter is about 2mm smaller than a normal penny (17mm vs 19mm)











I'd welcome any comments and opinions.



And will someone please tell me if it's worth a LOT. Thanks.

MICHAELDIXON

The coin has been rounded with a spoon.

coindeuce

I think it has been "peened" with a tool, much in the fashion that artisans use to make coin rings.

Christos

As stated above the coin has been worked on either by a tool or tapping it on a hard surface. This was done usually to make a small ring for a gift/forget me not.

MICHAELDIXON

The 1892 Indian cent has been rounded with a spoon. Years ago it was done by taking a spoon and placing the coin in the center and continuously moving the spoon around the outside of the coin. In the 50+ years I have been collecting, and dealing, I have seen many of these coins. Whenever winter arrives and you don't have anything better to do, give it a try.

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Dryer Penny.

COCollector

Thanks everyone for the quick replies.



Disappointed it's not a valuable error coin. Oh well.



At least I'm getting practice taking photos with my new cell (Galaxy S6).

winky

Spoon will do it all the time. That's how you make a ring.

Rampage

Much agreed, that 1902 IHC has seen allot of spooning.

ctf_error_coins

Really!!!





Hows a spooned cent suppose to fit on a finger

justcollecting

I have an Indian head cent similar to that, I was told by an oldtimer that when sailors were on watch they would use a coin to tap the boat. And that is how the coin got rolled Don't know if there is any truth to it.

ricko

Yep..Post Mint Damage...likely with a spoon. When I was in the Navy, we would do coins,

usually halves, like this with a spoon. Long watches or quiet evenings would echo with the sound

of sailors peening coins...Cheers, RickO

mariner67

It is not a penny.....it is a cent.

As has been pointed out here regularly.

ctf_error_coins

Originally posted by: mariner67
It is not a penny.....it is a cent.
As has been pointed out here regularly.

Well the US Mint calls it a Penny

Penny in description

SaorAlba

Originally posted by: ErrorsOnCoins

Dryer Penny.

My first job was a company that serviced laundromats and I found coins like that in the drum of the machine. The combination of heat from the dryer and the constant rotation would result in the coin having evenly pushed in edges.

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Originally posted by: SaorAlba

Originally posted by: ErrorsOnCoins
Dryer Penny.

My first job was a company that serviced laundromats and I found coins like that in the drum of the machine. The combination of heat from the dryer and the constant rotation would result in the coin having evenly pushed in edges.

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