1958 Penny Copper Ring

I have recently found a 1958 Penny with what appears to be a copper ring around its edge and was wondering if anyone had any information as to how it got there?

 

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It was spooned. Just type that in the search box and you can read all you want about it.

 

Just to play devils advocate, I think it might be a laundry machine coin.

 

Or it could have been strategically placed in one of those tumblers that polishes gemstones!

 

What difference does it make? Either way it's PMD

 

Too much metal for spooning & you can see the seam to the "bezel" at the bottom of pic 4.

 

Spooned??? not so....

I've been looking for info on this for years now, this coin is not "Spooned". I have a 1959 silver penny with this same thing. And also a nickel from 1960. Its a whole seperate pice of metal wrapped around the edge of the coin. on my silver penny you can almost spin it. So no, its not from whacking it with a spoon.

But if anyone has any other info it would be greatly appreciated.

 

What you have is a bezel around your plated cent. More than likely an old charm or jewelry piece.

 

The picture below is of some coins I found in my dyrer. They were in a cubby hole in one of the pabbles on the drum. They have been in there for several month. All of them have a copper ring around them. so it must be how they are made. The interesting thing is all the coins have shrunk. The quarters are now the size of a nickle. My guess would be the process of heat and tubmling produced your coin.

 

You got it first! As said by others, the rim is too rounded to be spooned, plus the bottom of the bezel shows on the reverse.

Here's how to spoon a coin:

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Ring-from-a-Silver-Coin

 

I found a copper edge dime that looks much smaller than a regular dime. The copper edge is raised on both sides and very smooth. I don't think it was spooned, especially since it seems to be smaller than a regular dime. Very odd?