1962 penny missing back

Is this coin real my food scale weighed it as the same weight as a new penny. If this was a real coin what would the value be.

Michael Williams

 

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The problem with weighing it with a new cent is that pre 1982 and post 1982 . pre is copper and post is zinc. Ned to weigh it against a pre 1982 to get a conclusion.

 

I just went and weighed a 1962 D 2.8 grams / .11 oz.

 

Hi,

This is a damaged coin that was made to be a part of what is known as a Magician's coin.

As an example, the back of a cent would be machined down so that it would fit into a shell made from a hollowed out nickel. The "trick" done by the "magician" would be to change one coin into another. Of course what he is really doing is turning the coin to show one side or the other.

What you have is not an error of any kind and as such is interesting but without value.

Thanks,
Bill

 

my food scale is apperently a little off but I did weight it next to a 1966 and they did weight the same

 

Hi,

I am not just guessing at what this is. I'll post a picture in a few minutes.

 

Hi,
This is one type of Magician's coin, I have a half dozen different types here. The top shows what the upper surfaces of the parts look like. The bottom part of the picture shows the opposite sides of the machined coin. So these are both sides of the four component parts of this magician's coin. All four pieces fit together to make what looks like a normal half dollar. Your cent is like the dime in my example. One side looks normal and the other side is machined flat.

Thanks,
Bill

 

is there a noticable difference in thickness

 

Yes, but not much as in the case of your coin, almost an entire cent could fit into a shell made from a nickel, so only a minimal amount of the cent needs to be removed. In the case of the dime, it had to fit inside one piece that had to fit inside the other etc. so the dime is thinner.

I've seen what you have a hundred times and it is a machined coin. It is not a mint error.

Thanks,
Bill

 

Also, you can even see in your own image the marks left behind by an abrasive removal of the design probably with a fine grinding wheel. You can see marks in several directions.

 

Yep, most likely a machined down reverse...

 

He knows his stuff

 

I have one just like yours but it is 1919 cent

 

Nice examples Bill!

 

Hex that maybe one I did in metal shop as a kid.

 

There are many con artist out there they also shave the backs of these coins and put another coin in to make rotated dies and also make fake wide AM's especially the rare 1992 wide AM not just trick coins are made.
Billy

 

There's also some that take a coin off the Internet somewhere and call it their own.

 

Why would anyone bother to do such a thing shave a coin to make a fake coin does not make sence to me oh well it's a bad world out there.
Alex