Hi, I found this little penny while I was going through my collection of wheat cent pennies and other odd coins Ive managed to collect over the years. I don't know much of anything about whether if its a real error coin or not but I can plainly see it is not the size of a standard modern penny or another penny View attachment 206717 View attachment 206721 View attachment 206714 View attachment 206715 View attachment 206716 from the same era..any helpful insight will be greatly appreciated.
Hello and welcome! What you have found is commonly referred to as a 'dryer coin'. It is damage that occured post mint; this penny was rolled over and over until the edges actually rolled in, over some of the lettering. It should still weigh in at 3.11 grams or within the allowable tolerance. Keep your eyes peeled and don't be discouraged. They are out there. Search for 'dryer coin' within this site and you will see many examples like yours. One recent one was very similar: http://www.cointalk.com/t214778/
If you want to weigh it accurately, you can take it to the chemistry department of any college or university nearby and you will find a student who would be glad to help you.
Sounds good, maybe if I can weigh it on an digital scale I'll be able to come to the accurate weight as well.
I do not "doubt" the dryer answer, in fact I am sure that is what occurred (or other similar contact equal around the edge), but I just need to perform the experiment myself.
I used both and threw in a 1916 D merc to see if it worked on dimes too. I was going to throw in some 1932 washingtons but forgot that I bought a soda with them at work the other day.
I was wondering who put all of those 1932 quarters in the pop machine along with the other silver ones. I thought that maybe someone had stole another collection and was spending the collection.
Teaching a chemistry laboratory, I told a high school student who was taking the class about "spooning" a quarter to make a ring, but commented that I had only seen it with silver quarters. He showed up in a week with a really neat ring two-toned made from a clad quarter.
I thought I was the only one who had heard of this technique because no one commented when I explained it in another thread. When I was younger, my dad gave me one he started (silver). Suffice to say, it is still unfinished, but I still have it, and will probably complete it one day.
Good luck, when I was a kid I started to grind a telescope mirror, I'm on my 60's and it still isn't finished (now where did I put that).
