I see Charmy will be getting a new addition. To comment, that is just crazy, I really have to wonder how that left the mint. Also I'll say it before anyone else, PMD
Ahh! It's a mutant penny! That's crazy! What if that had managed to get into circulation? Someone would get a pretty big surprise if they got that back in change.
Well they got ripped off with that roll. The article says it weighs 105 grams which works out to about 33 cents. So they only got 18 cents worth of coins for their 50 cents.:rollling:
Think of a coin that sticks to the upper die... and as more blanks are fed in, they start building up around the die, finally breaking off which results in the weird shape you see above. Here's another example:
I hope they don't smuggle them out of the mint the same way drug smugglers bring stuff into the country.