What the heck? Counterfeit penny?

[Louisa]

I was rerolling pennies to cash them in and this one caught my attention, it was larger than normal. Appears to be a 1994D. It also appears to be "seamed" on the outer side. Why the heck would someone take the time to counterfeit a penny if that it what it is? Has anyone else found one of these?

 

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[jeff of pa]

"seamed" ?

Could it be some type of a Magicians Penny ?

 

[diggummup]

"seamed" ?

Could it be some type of a Magicians Penny ?

Kinda like the old squirting nickels you could buy at the jokes & gags shop?

 

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[Louisa]

Maybe a better term would be grooved or pancaked, lol. I tried to pry it apart with my fingernails but couldn't.

 

[Jeffro]

Looks like a broken collar maybe? I bet its thinner than a regular cent, too. Do you have calipers to check it with?

 

[Alchemy]

Weird...

All I know is that someone had posted onthe bay wanting an oversize Error 1964 D Lincoln Memorial ...
so my guess is that they were errors...your coin and what the seeker is looking for. Just a guess though since the person wanting the other coin said it was only a mm larger.
Would you say it's only about a mm larger?

 

[Louisa]

Jeffro, I don't have a calliper but it is visibly thinner than the regular cent.

Alchemy I can't eyeball a mm but the regular penny "sets within" the outer ridge of the odd penny. My curiosity is up, I'm gonna google "oversize error Lincoln Memorial" and see what pops up.

 

[Nick in NEPA]

"Seamed"...There is a post on here of a quarter like that.

 

[Alchemy]

Loos about right...for a mm that is.
If an error penny, you might have something really cool and desirable there (well, I mean it IS really cool anyway)

But, here's the link to where the person is looking for the oversized error penny

Wanted - oversized penny link

 

[Louisa]

Thanks for the link. I googled and can't find much other than what's about the 1964. I'll keep on looking though.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Maybe it's molting...

 

[Louisa]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[wolfpaw518]

My first thought was a hollow coin that a spy would use for hiding micro film or such...but not in 1994!


no clue!

 

[Smee]

If it were a silver color, I would wonder if it was struck on a nickle planchette (Think I spelled that right). My employer is also a coin dealer, and very popular here with folks who have found oddities in their change and even some bills with errors.

He recently had someone bring in a penny struck on a dime planchette which was silver in color with the coper core. Really cool looking. Since this penny is slightly larger, a nickle planchett would almost fit, but the color is wrong, unless pennies are struck and then copper coated . . . in which case the copper might just turn that funny color if it was coated onto nickle alloy. That would also explain the "seam" around the outside as the planchette would be larger than the die . . .

I say find a coin dealer in your area and ask them.

 

[kiddrock33]

i have one like yours also. i took it to a coin collector . he said people counterfeit pennies to make them collectable which many collectors buy. making them valuable. but i dont think its true.my penny is lighter than normal also. its a bit bigger than normal also and i believe itis a 1994. kidd

 

[jeff of pa]

I'm Curious on These ? See Arrows

Also is the Date on an angle or the coin ?

 

[Wheezy]

Can you pick it up with a magnet

 

[Monty]

If you will read the reference site carefully, it says it is slightly larger than a nickel, so I don't think this is the same as the person is looking for. I think it's some kind of magicians coin also. Monty

 

[Blind.In.Texas]

If you will read the reference site carefully, it says it is slightly larger than a nickel, so I don't think this is the same as the person is looking for. I think it's some kind of magicians coin also. Monty

I see it, Jeff. The numbers appear to be over-sized. They also look very much on an angle down and away from Liberty.