$1000 bag of dimes, got a few silver and some other stuff

[Goes4ever]

ended up with 3 silver rosies, 2 1968 Canadians (50% silver) the foreign coin, anyone know what it is?
and this penny, it is the same size as a dime, what happened to it??

 

[coinmojo]

I got a penny that was downsized like that in a roll of dimes recently. The worst part of it is the coin counting machine at my dump bank rejected it when I tried to run it through. So you could say I not only got gyped out of 9 cents on that roll and the penny to boot. LOL

Mojo

 

[GMan00001]

The mystery coin is a 1 Fen from the People's Republic of China.

http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...public of China y1 1 Fen (1955-1996) aluminum

 

[Goes4ever]

The mystery coin is a 1 Fen from the People's Republic of China.

http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...public of China y1 1 Fen (1955-1996) aluminum

thank you, I love this forum you almost always get an answer in minutes!

 

[goldencoin]

The Canadian Mint only made half the 68 year in silver, the other half if normal. Use a magnet to test them

HH
-GC

 

[coinmojo]

The Canadian Mint only made half the 68 year in silver, the other half if normal. Use a magnet to test them

HH
-GC

Would the magnet still pick it up if there is a small percentage of silver? my understanding is there is a smaller percentage of silver?

Just looked it up on the web. 50% silver 50% copper. 67-68 hmmm. I guess it still would not pick it up with that composition............ Nevermind


Mojo

 

[cyberdan]

The mystery coin is a 1 Fen from the People's Republic of China.

I got one of those Saturday in a bag of cents. Thanks, now i don't have to ask. I knew it was Chinese but didn't know what to call it.

 

[mastereagle22]

Penny looks like someone may have been working on it for a coin ring. Just a maybe though, not sure.

 

[Goes4ever]

so if a magnet sticks to the canadians they are NOT silver?

 

[goldencoin]

nope, sorry. I have only found one silver 68 out of about 30

HH
-GC

 

[Silver_Fox]

That penny looks like one we used to sand down to put in the pinball machines.

We would go find a penny. Then you would hold it between your fingers and rub it on the sidewalk while rolling it until it was the same diameter as a dime. Then we would lay it flat on the sidewalk and rub it back and forth with our shoe until it was as thick as a dime. When you go it right, you would get one pinball game. And hope you were good enough to get some free ones with it. Times were different back then.