I found this penny??

[gdm40]

I don't know if its a science experiment gone bad of if this made it out of the mint this way.

Further details:
It's slightly domed and the sides are heavily indented to the point of it looking like its rimmed.

That and coin star wouldn't accept it which is how it was found to begin with. :P

What is it? any ideas.

PS sorry had to re size the side view

 

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[MK111]

I would say it is a hammered coin. Maybe someone was going to make a small ring out of it.

 

[fishbone3d]

I got a silver 1973 penny from Walmart a few years back. I thought that I had the holy grail. I took it to my local coin dealer, and he weighed it. It weighed the same as a regular 1973 copper penny. He said that some people would use a penny to test out their electrolysis plating kit. He said that it was worth a penny. I was a little bummed, but at least I had a penny. Have a coin dealer weigh it, and see if it is close to that year of penny. People can also use electrolysis to remove the copper on zinc pennies. I did it in high school years ago. Good luck, and I hope you find out the truth!

 

[AlabamaRelic]

It has been heated.

 

[Produce Guy]

I was told by the Coinstar guy that comes to my store and cleans it,that the machine does not take WW2 war penny's, and I belive it ,because that's where I've found all my WW2 penny's,12 of them.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

It has been heated.

yup it's a cooked penny.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

It has been heated.

The copper plating has been melted away leaving the zinc core.