is this damaged or an odd coin?

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Tradlinger
Tradlinger Posts: 1 ✭
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Not sure if this is an error or just damage. looks like the back is gouged maybe a die chip and the edge looks almost like the planchet was too small.

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  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Damaged. Might have been ground down to use as a transit token.

    Gouge on the reverse.

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  • coinbuf
    coinbuf Posts: 12,567 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Both damaged and odd, but not in a good way.

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  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,862 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Or filed down to be used as a dime....

  • World67
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    PMD

  • WillieBoyd2
    WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,410 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 16, 2023 8:12PM
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    I found this coin in a Coinstar machine several years ago.

    The coin was probably altered with a file to pass as a dime in a vending machine.
    It weighs 2.67gm, is 19mm in diameter, and the sides are smooth.

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    Lincoln cent altered to pass as a dime

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  • 2windy2fish
    2windy2fish Posts: 1,143 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Soooo much work for 9 cents!

  • RobertScotLover
    RobertScotLover Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Oh boy, dirty knocked up cent & dirty knocked up nails, neither are rare.

  • PerryHall
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    @2windy2fish said:
    Soooo much work for 9 cents!

    A dime back then had far more value than it does today thanks to continuing inflation.

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  • GaCoinGuy
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    I have a couple of Lincolns that look similar. My dad, who grew up in the 50's-60's, told me they used to file them down to make them work in pay phones, juke boxes, and pinball machines back in the day.

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  • World67
    World67 Posts: 13,098 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    You could also take a nickel and hammer it between leather to the diameter of a quarter.

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