Mint error penny

I have a penny about the size of a dime with about a 3 mm edge. Appears to be stamped multiple times. Looks like the date is 1971 and you can't read all the writing on the coin has anybody seen something like this ?

 

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Spooned, dryer coin, etc.
PMD.
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It looks like it has been "spooned"......PMD!

Next time, try not to put the coin on a reflective surface like that plastic(?) lid, and be sure to place your light source at a 45 degree angle so the light doesn't reflect back into the lens.

Also, it might help if you focused on the subject rather than the background.

Chris

 

Yep, definitely looks tumbled.

 

spooned/ hit with a small hammer on the edge to possible start making a ring.

 

spent some time in a commercial dryer. spooning wouldn't blur the images on the obverse and reverse

 

Any chance the cent could have been places inside a rim? Also, what commercial dryers or other coin machines (besides coin sorting machines) take cent coins today?