Mini Wheat

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Found a mini wheat 194X near a pocket spill of 1950's Era farm kid junk trinkets.(parts of die cast cars, cap gun, odd sprocket, brass bits)

The other items seemed to have survived the dirt OK, ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1489521246.112724.jpg (I believe this is a skeleton key hole cover)

I think this wheat penny was ground down to the size of a dime for the kids to try to use in a novelty machine? Crazy thought? I've found tons of zinc penny's that have deteriorated, but never a wheat in the soil around here.

Anyone else either see uniform deterioration on a wheat before?

Good luck out there!
 

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You could be right on the dime size, theory.
I found a mercury dime that has seen much better days. It is all black and, same with your wheatie, substantially smaller in diameter than it should be.
 

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There are different sized steel punches that are used for making gaskets. I can see them being used on a softer metal like copper.
Congrats on a couple of cool finds.
 

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