thin penny
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tarvanimeldeNew Member
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Joined: 11 Aug 2009
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 Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:07 pm |
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hello there-
i have a quick question about a wheatie penny. my sister has a 1936 cent coin that is, for lack of a better description, super skinny. it only feels about half as thick as a regular penny, and it's also lacking the raised rim. is this a known error? what might cause such a thing?
incidently, if you're into wheaties and have a few moments to spare, i came across this forum while trying to gather some research on wheaties. i'm hoping to organize a present for my sister for christmas, details can be found here: http://www.coppercoins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=34747
thanks!
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 eagamesExpert Member
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Joined: 15 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:28 pm |
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Welcome aboard!
It sounds like you also got interested in cents by putting together the project for you sister. It can be a lot of fun to get into the hobby and learn as you go.
Well there's 4 main things that we find that are thin cents.
Most likely it's one of these:
http://www.coppercoins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2211&highlight=thin+cents
If it only has one side it could be part of one of these majic or stash coins:
http://www.coppercoins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4069&highlight=hollow+cent
Much less likely it could be an error made on a wrong planchet (blank for a different coin) because in some years the US mint made foreign coins with smaller planchets. This is unlikely but they exist.
Sometimes a dime planchet or already struck dime gets made into a cent but then it would be the color of a dime.
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tarvanimeldeNew Member
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| Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:51 pm |
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| eagames wrote: |
Welcome aboard!
It sounds like you also got interested in cents by putting together the project for you sister. It can be a lot of fun to get into the hobby and learn as you go.
Well there's 4 main things that we find that are thin cents.
Most likely it's one of these:
http://www.coppercoins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2211&highlight=thin+cents
If it only has one side it could be part of one of these majic or stash coins:
http://www.coppercoins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4069&highlight=hollow+cent
Much less likely it could be an error made on a wrong planchet (blank for a different coin) because in some years the US mint made foreign coins with smaller planchets. This is unlikely but they exist.
Sometimes a dime planchet or already struck dime gets made into a cent but then it would be the color of a dime.
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i've definitely been spending more time than expected linking around the internet reading random things about random coins. so very interesting, and very distracting.
i just went and took another look at her skinny penny, and it isn't one sided, nor does it look dime-sized in the diameter sense. i couldn't tell if the surface looked like your picture, it's definitely a well worn coin. it looks, to the untrained eye at least, exactly like a penny should, just thinner. i should look into the acid thing more, though. thanks for the info, and the welcome
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