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Came across this at my friends house and was hoping someone might be able to help with a little information or thoughts about this "penny" and where it might have originated. It is just about the size of a nickel yet weight is like a zink penny and appears to possibly be aluminum. I have not been able to find anything similar.
Thanks in advance for any and all thoughts
Wrexx

 

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Texas Cent..... made by hammering between 2 pieces of leather.
Most of the time the copper will fall or peal off the zinc core.

 

Hmmm. Only if I knew what was going through the mind of the idiot that developed this....

 

Most likely your coin was squeezed between two pieces of leather or plexi-glass in an Hydraulic press. It/they are called Texas Pennies due to their size.

 

Probably the same thing of the guy that did this and made thousands of dollars.

 

@wrexx
Not an error of any kind. Altered. Not aluminum.

 

Wow, I learn something new every day. Why they do this? Most likely has everything to do with "Everything Is Big In Texas".

 

Fun coin for coin discussions.

 

I don't care for the way it distorted Lincoln.