These coin is definitely messed up, but i found it that way. This penny looks non plated, and bigger than a normal penny. The design does not look warped(stretched) even though it is oblong. It is bent, dinged, and scratched badly. I also can see a very faint VDB, maybe that suggests that it is real. Worth anything or nothing? Thanks!
Weight? Diameter? I have seen zinc cents with no copper plated due to the coin being heated. (I have been known to do that to a few myself.) They looked exactly like your coin - except they did not grow in diameter.
So i finally weighed it, and it comes out to 2.51g +/- .02g The diameter is just slightly bigger than a normal penny as shown in the picture. anyone have any further explanation?
Maybe it's just the images, but that cent actually looks fake to me. The building on the reverse looks very odd.
It's a parking lot coin. The weight of all of the cars and trucks running it over has flattened it. If you push the obverse toward the reverse, the soft metal has to go somewhere, so it spreads out from the edge. I think you'll find it to be thinner than a normal cent.
