Hi everyone, I found this 1950 wheat penny that has no rim at all. I know rims will wear after a while and guessing being in a penny roll over and over could do some damage, but I am kinda new to this so not sure if this is common wear or...?.... When I was about 10 years old a neighbor invited me into his basement to see his coin collection. He had huge bottles of pennies filled all over the place. He gave me a handful of wheat pennies and told me to look for them cause they will be worth something. I was hooked...Been looking for wheats ever since. But still don't know all there is to know about coin collecting so any advise would be very appreciated!
My thought is that it was ground to the size of a dime to fool pay phones and/or vending machines. I have first hand knowledge of this procedure.
Actually Chris it's a USB microscope...I just bought it and guess I better learn how to adjust it better...I will try to put some better pics up.
Unfortunately, many of the USB scopes use an LED light ring which provides too much illumination. This makes it difficult to see details clearly. You might have better success using a camera phone and your photo software to capture and edit a better image. Chris
Oh Boy Rickmp....I had not thought of that and I too have first hand knowledge as well!!...Geeze....You get old and you forget everything
I'm not a big fan of USB scopes because their minimum magnification is too high and prevents one from capturing images of an entire coin. This makes it very hard to assess what may have caused this sort of error. Chris
I can't tell if it's copper or silver with those photos, so is it silver or copper? And is it the same thickness as a regular cent? The reason I'm asking is because if it is silver, thinner and weighs less than a normal cent it could be struck on a dime planchet. Unlikely but possible.
