I received this strange penny as a dime in change. It is a 1962d (2over1)

I received this strange penny as a dime in change. It is a 1962d (2over1) with multiple errors. How to describe it?

 

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Damaged,no errors still a cent.

 

Wow!
Worth?


Just kidding of course! It's a post mint altered Cent

Obviously.. Not a Mint Error of any kind.

 

It is a known fact the folks would cut down a cent trying to get a vending machine to take it as a dime. Some were better at it than others.

 

The edges were filed down after it left the mint. The 2 is damaged, not struck over a 1. The "numbers that you think you see on the head are just circulation marks, there is nothing that occurs during the minting process that would leave numbers, especially since they don't use anything that small. Finally, the areas that you pointed out that look like doubling is machine doubling. It's not considered an error, just variability in the manufacturing process.

Sorry, but you have a coin with significant damage and no errors

 

Mutilation of a Penny if that makes "Sense".

 

Yep. I have an uncle who used to do that back in the 60s. He an his buddies would use a grinder to get Cents down to Dime size for Dime machines and would grind washers down for quarter machines.

 

DEFDAM without a doubt

 

Whomever, had to be blind. didn't see "In God We Trust."

 

I had a cousin that would do that to buy 10 cent pop from the vending machine.

 

Post Mint damaged coin is what you have

 

That’s cent is 100% damaged after it left the mint.

 

Badly damaged. Not a single error on the coin.
Welcome to CT @Senior Saver. Knowing the minting process will help you realize that this coin is just PMD, Post Mint Damage, which happened AFTER it left the mint. The US Mint site has some great videos on the process.