What happened to this coin?

Hello! I have recently come across this penny that I am quite curious what has happened to it. Was it an error in production, or just how did it get this way?
I have taken pictures with a penny from the same year next to it, as well as a 1992 and 1996 penny below it.

The penny is only from 1994 but it does not look normal..

1) it is bigger than standard penny
2) it's noticeably thicker, though it has does a concave to it as if its been warped/squished in the middle
3) it does have some scratches on it but it has no copper color

Y'all have any ideas? would be immensely grateful to satisfy this curiosity...

 

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@CoinCuriousity

It looks like someone started to "spoon" the coin but gave up. Spooning is a method used to flatten the edge, making it broader by continually tapping on the edge with the bottom of a spoon. This method is often used to make rings from coins.

Chris

 

Thank you Chris! I appreciate that. Would that explain the loss of color as well? Repeated strikes with the spoon just nicked away at the copper coating?

 

@cpm9ball
The OP stated that it is larger than a normal Cent. Spooning it would make it smaller.

And no. The plating was not nicked away. Could be that dark color because of Environmental Damage.

 

the coin has been in a fire

 

Thanks! I missed that.

Chris

 

I was thinking that might be the case , thank you ziggy

 

This is an intentional alteration -- a "Texas cent". For some reason, these usually have the copper plating stripped off.

 

Se cuenta que desde 1993, la Casa de la Moneda de los Estados Unidos decidió dejar de imprimir monedas del tipo WAM (Wide A-M), la que tiene las letras "A" y la "M" de la palabra "AMERICA" separadas para solamente imprimir monedas con las letras "A" y "M" de la misma palabra "AMERICA", en este caso, CLAM (CLOSE A-M) ó "cerradas", como usualmente se le llama por tener esas dos letras, "A" y "M" muy juntas.

Pero, hubo un error de impresión en unas monedas en las que se siguió usando las letras "A" y "M" separadas (refiriéndose a la moneda de fecha 1994-D) que salieron de la Casa de la Moneda de Denver.

Alguien detectó este error pero ya muy tarde, pero aun así, se hace muy difícil encontrar por ahí una de estas monedas. Bien parece que ya de antemano, alguien se habrá apoderado de ese grupo de monedas sin dejar rastros variados de ellas.

Si alcanzas a ver o encontrar en los cambios alguna de estas monedas, no dudes en verle sus condiciones físicas, pues podría ser que tienes o habrás encontrado una de las monedas raras (muy rara) muy buscadas.

 

Did any one say this might be a little gassed up?

I am not sure what Close am an Wide am have to do with this, Thread?

 

Ya nosotros sabemos de esto. Tu no tienes que notificarnos. Es noticia vieja.

 

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