Conterfeit Dime?

[Philmont_709n2]

Today I got a box of dimes and saw there was a penny showing on one of the ends! And it fit in the roll perfectly. When I opened up the roll I found a penny the has apparently been milled down to the size of of a dime. Any Ideas? Think this was just a one time fun thing or a counterfeiting effort?

 

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[enamel7]

One time fun thing. Can't be counterfeit since it is a real cent.

 

[mountainman 2]

I wouldn't think it would be worth the effort to shave down a cent just to make 9 cents in a roll. Maybe someone was experimenting to see if it would take the place of a dime in a vending machine.

 

[Rich Hartford]

When I was a kid, and you could buy a soda for 10c, we would mill down pennies for the vending machine which would take them. We would wear the penny down on a sidewalk,which would take forever. I got one in a handroll a couple of months ago. It was a wheatie with uneven edges. Might have been one of mine,who knows.

 

[Mentone Grizz]

Rich;
That's karma for you!
- Grizz

 

[cyberdan]

Any Ideas? Think this was just a one time fun thing or a counterfeiting effort?

I thought you might have found what I got a few months ago. I have not taken then to a coin store yet but I am sure they are counterfit.


4 counterfits and 2 real mercs

 

[Mentone Grizz]

Wow! You can really tell the difference, once you look closely. That's an awful lot of work to go to for a dime, but once you had the template, I suppose you could hammer out tons of them. Wouldn't pay to use silver, either.

 

[cyberdan]

Wouldn't pay to use silver, either.

I do not think they are silver. I found all 4 in a big batch of coins that had been hoarded in the 1970's. The hoarder worked for a big drugstore chain and was the one who balanced the cash register trays at the shift end. What a great job for a CRHer.

 

[waseeker]

Any Ideas? Think this was just a one time fun thing or a counterfeiting effort?

I thought you might have found what I got a few months ago. I have not taken then to a coin store yet but I am sure they are counterfit.










4 counterfits and 2 real mercs

probably cast copies. I've seen a few of those over the years and kept the 1916D as a reference coin. It's pretty crude but also kinda neat.

 

[markmopar]

Earlier this year I got several half dollars with the edges cut down. The coin machines would reject them so they got spent at McDonalds drive-ins.