Any info on these pennies?

I found these at different times during my search. Any ideas what causes this?

 

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Yes, a wire cutter.
They were damaged outside the mint.
Keep looking.

Frank

 

yep, I agree thats with out any dought. from wire cutters

 

I agree

 

Thanks, just thought maybe because they were so similiar and found in two completely different searches.

 

I havew found a few like this too. If you indulge me for a second, I'll offer an opinion. I think we will start to see few more cents damaged like this . I believe that folks who are not used to figuring out whether a cent is a copper one or a plated one will do a few experiments with cutters to determine what date range they should keep.

I am thinking that it is because the price of copper has gone. Some folks are actually hoarding cents minted prior to 1982.

Bill