The first one is neat. It's a 1953 penny, a weird gold tone, but it's edge completely rotates around the coin. You can hold the penny with 2 fingers, and use your other fingers to rotate the edge completely around the coin. Faked or real? The second is a normal looking 1964 D penny except it's edge is really fat. Any ideas on how they were made and value? Thanks! John
The first coin seemed that it's encased in something which I am not too sure of. I'll let someone else comment on this. The next coin is definately a spooned coin, as in, someone took a spoon and hammered the edges so that the coin's edge becomes thicker. Value of this is just copper price.
The 1964 cent has been rotated in something like laundry dryer for a while. After several weeks of this, the edges start raising.
Okay, what about the 1953 one? Why is it a funny colored gold tone, and what about the rotating edge? The edge appears to be the same copper color and consistency of the coin, just very thin. "Post mint damage" doesn't explain this one.
Your 1953 cent is in a copper band of sorts. You could remove the banding, but if it has been spining it will have caused some damage to the edge of the coin. The spooned cent from what I have been told by a long time coin dealer is that prisoners will pass time by tapping/hammering a coin as it rotates in the grip of their fingers with a spoon to make a ring. This must take forever, but I guess most prisoners have plenty of time to spoon.
