Looking at it from the reverse, it's like the top to a beer can. The "tab" is separated from the coin, except at the top. If you grabbed the...
I hold out hope that it's a 1916. Not that it would have any real monetary value, but would still be cool.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Something happening on both sides.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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I shot this when Uncle Sam was providing the ammo - 5.56mm. Shot from the obverse. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
1951 = 2.8 grams, so probably ground/filed down. Hard to imagine how steady that persons hand had to be.
Nothing spectacular, but I like them.
I don't think the 1951 has been ground down, as it's the same thickness as a regular penny.
A couple of more from the bag.
Sending it off to a new home, free of charge!
HA!! :) Into the copper scrap bucket it goes!
HA!! :) Into the copper scrap bucket it goes! Or.......drop it in a deep pond next time I go fishing.
stick it in a 2x2, and throw it in the junk drawer........
A friend of mine gave me a bunch of error coins that were left to him by his father. Blank planchet's mis-strikes, etc. I've seen examples of...
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