1929 wheat penny shot by gun

[Fletch24]

I went to a old park I have hunted a couple dozen times. The parks has been very good to me. bad thing is, its in a high crime neighbor hood. Sad when you have to be strap with a concealed weapon in some areas nowadays. I was wondering if anyone knows roughly what kind of caliber of bullet was used to shoot the penny?

 

[Trezurehunter]

Just guessing, but most coins are shot with a .22 caliber. It gives the coin some character !

 

[Fletch24]

I thought the same thing but the hole size seems to be wider then a 22

 

[john845]

I have found a number of wheats that where shot. I remember my dad telling me about his friends father when I was a kid. He said that he was an excellent shot and used to be able to flip a nickel in the air and hit with a 22. Before it hits the ground.

 

[MikeRo]

Very cool. I actually found this over the summer.

 

[Fletch24]

TO cool. the bullet still looks bigger then a 22. but smaller then a 38. I'm not to good with guns yet. I wonder if it was shot in the air? I didn't recover the bullet.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Cool find, congrats!

 

[MikeRo]

It was a .22.....found the penny & then the bullet about a foot behind it. What was really cool was that it was at my grandpas farm after he passed. He wasn’t a hunter but I still wonder if he made the “shot”!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[sandchip]

Looks about like a .32 to me.