Strange Wheat Penny

[Diamondman307]

Ok, so I was hunting a box of pennies my grandma gave me, and I got this wheat penny. What type of error is it, and how rare would it be?

 

[freddy williams]

seems it could have been pressed but what is the date of it

 

[freddy williams]

Looks like it could be what they call a Broadstrike if so it would be the first known of its kind

 

[Argentium]

Can you put up a pic of the obverse ?

 

[Tommy G]

Interesting, but definitely modified post mint.

 

[Diamondman307]

Here's a pic of the obverse.

 

[kcm]

A pic of the reverse please? You're only showing us 1/2 of this coins story.

 

[JackalopeZL1]

A pic of the reverse please? You're only showing us 1/2 of this coins story.

Wasn't that the first pic he posted?

 

[kcm]

Wasn't that the first pic he posted?

Ah yes, another head-in-the-sand moment for me!

With that much wear on the obverse and that groove on the reverse, looks pretty certain that it got caught in some sort of mechanical device. This is definitely PMD.

 

[Diamondman307]

Wasn't that the first pic he posted?

Wah-wah-wah-waaaaaaa. (I am not a good trombone player)

 

[Diamondman307]

It's very interesting to me. I just wonder what kind of a tale it has to tell....

 

[l.cutler]

It looks like it was used to cap a 1/2 inch pipe, place it over the end and screw a fitting onto it. I have done it myself, a cent works for 1/2 inch and a nickel works for 3/4.

 

[Diamondman307]

Wow! That would be cool.

 

[NHBandit]

Or it may have been stuck in something that moved around like what you see. similar to dryer but more tightly and precise.

This ^^^^^^^^^

 

[Diamondman307]

Hmmm....probably.

 

[mnixon]

that's a good idea to do to all the Zincoln's I have .........

 

[Diamondman307]

that's a good idea to do to all the Zincoln's I have .........

Oh no! It'll be the Watergate Scandal Part 2-but with pennies! Don't you dare do it Mr. Nixon!

 

[coltdavis]

If you put another penny on top of it is it exactly the same size? I think this is a capped die reverse and possibly a die trial obverse

 

[Diamondman307]

If you put another penny on top of it is it exactly the same size? I think this is a capped die reverse and possibly a die trial obverse

I think it is the same.