2000 steel penny?

[bradgny]

dug this one the other day .its a 2000 steel penny ,at least i think its steel i cant find my magnet.has strange striation marks and the edges are what look s like its grooved .the pictures of the edges didn't come out so i didn't post .the rims are higher on both front and back and it is bigger than a penny by the width of the larger rims .any ideas if this is a misstrike or a counterfit??.I remember seeing something similar on another post but cant seem to locate it.any help would be appreciated
HH

 

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[cedarratt]

Most likely it is an error in which the copper plachet was lost in the stamping process. Its still pretty neat and may be worth something on ebay, errors have a large number of collectors.

 

[blurr]

Looks like someone "whizzed" off the copper coating, leaving the zinc center exposed.

John

 

[JCinNJ]

Looks like someone "whizzed" off the copper coating, leaving the zinc center exposed.

John

Yep. Have seen a few like that.

HH

- joe

 

[kieser sousa/rip]

Looks like someone "whizzed" off the copper coating, leaving the zinc center exposed.

John

That's what i was thinkin,I've done a few with my dremil.

 

[bradgny]

im not sure what whizzed is ,but why would it be bigger than a normal penny?and the detail on all features are perfect no knicks or anything

 

[bradyboy]

clearly a a bogus coin
]someone one took the time to burn off the plating
When you heat a metal, it will expand, and retract but not to its original size.
As for being steel - not a chance

 

[Wetgreenie]

I thought I saw a post on a coin like that. They referred to it as a black penny?
I think there was something said that it may have been a casting and ended up being a bit bigger than normal.