Strange penny error! What do I have?

[elifitz]

Any help? i found this in a roll of coins and dont know what it is. Anybody know? maybe help with the value of it also? The back side of the coin is perfectly normal.... Thanks

 

[Coinkid]

Looks like it could be struck through a die cap.



-Paul

 

[Minrelica]

That's called a "pie tin" penny.

Okay, I'm kidding. I have no idea but it is unique.

 

[elifitz]

That's called a "pie tin" penny.

Okay, I'm kidding. I have no idea but it is unique.

Thats the first thing i thought of haha!

 

[TheRockDoc]

Hey buddy, whatever it ends up being, it is pretty cool, and I would be excited about finding something like it... If you havent done so already, I would post this thread in the Coin Roll Hunting section, There is alot more traffic there, and Most of the people there look for this type of stuff too, so someone there will tell you exactly what you've got.

Good luck, congrats on that find.

Chris.

 

[usandthem]

I found a penny the other day that was a lamination error. It looked like someone peeled the center off of the penny and what was underneath looked just like your whole penny does. How much does the coin weigh? If it's light it may be a lamination error.

 

[mick56]

Looks like someone started to make a coin ring. You tap around the edge of a coin with a spoon, and it will begin to flare out like that.

 

[deeptarget]

Dryer penny... Easy to make.. Put pennies in dryer and start for a long time.. SORRY nothing special.

 

[usandthem]

Definately not a dryer penny.

 

[The Pulltab Collector]

Well I see what looks like a date (1951)
Whats the reverse look like? The same? Or is it readable completely?

 

[sagittarius98]

Well I see what looks like a date (1951)
Whats the reverse look like? The same? Or is it readable completely?

To me it looks like 1971.

 

[The Pulltab Collector]

To me it looks like 1971.

Your right I can see the 7 now. Still interesting, like I said I am curious about the reverse.

 

[elifitz]

Its 100% normal on the back looks like a normal penny!!

 

[elifitz]

And also up close it is 197? I think its 1971 also!

 

[Hot zone]

It reminds me of the time as kids in the 50s, we loaded the railroad track up to flatten penny's and a sweeper came by and scattered all the coins. We only found a few. I will have to detect that bit of track if I get back there one day.

 

[Coinkid]

Everyone seems to be ignoring my response. Lol. Here's a link: Struck Through Die Cap Lincoln Cent to a die cap strike thru Lincoln. Looks very similar to me.



-Paul

 

[Coinkid]

But I would also weight it...If it's underweight, it might have simply been acid treated.



-Paul

 

[Hot zone]

Looks like it could be struck through a die cap.



-Paul

You nailed it Paul!

 

[allen]

im beginning to like that forum.
I have seen coins today that i never knew existed.