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1979 penny the size and weight of a dime
Zoee
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it weighs2.6 and the color is still copper not silver
sorry the pic is so close cant do it any other way right now
. but cant find error on line or in my books
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post mint damaged coin is most likely what you have
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipN4yssCCR7mb5YTVkizir6fW596CzTq42vn9QYHr3yn5e8KWYHA-hyXq9OvXwVMog?key=UVNMVndKbGNVeFdJQVdkb09HcEtFUkYxYmUwamJB
https://photos.app.goo.gl/EtRaKY4acKbo4asY6
really its the perfect dime match and the weight
Show a photo of the entire coin. It is probably post mint damage caused by someone fooling around.
Pictures of the obverse and reverse, straight on, are necessary to assist you in determining what you have. Cheers, RickO
I found a 60's cent that was ground to the size of a dime once. My dad told me they used to do that so they could use them in payphones. Maybe that's what you have?
I found one of these also, dated in the 1940's. I understood it was made in someone's basement to cheat Ma Bell.
The pay phone scenario is most likely correct.
And yet it is on a cent planchet. Think about it.
There is significant damage just in the picture you've posted.
I've got about 2 dozen more of those if you'd like to grossly overpay to corner the market. It was quite common for people to grid down cents to the size and shape of a dime to work as transit tokens.
1979 is a little late but still likely that it was filed down to work as a dime in a machine or payphone.
And rim!
K SORRY ABOUT THE CAMRA ISSUE ..IT WAS MAN MADE