Not sure where to post this,but I found a 1995-D penny that is thicker than any other penny i have and the ridge running around the outside is much higher than any other penny. Is this a proof? I got it as change for a drink from my local store is why im asking.
Can you measure the ridge's height and post it? I'm just curious, and will compare it to one of my own from that year. I'm not one of those here that is knowledgeable, but the info will probably help when somebody who is sees it.
If its a proof it would be very shiney and look like a PF Sometimes a planchet is thick or thin or just right...I would guess it is just one of the thick ones...no value....If you have a 1971 copy of the Scott's Comprehensive Catalogue and Excyclopedia of US Coins you can find a photo on page 393--It does lsist them as a "Mint Error" but it must be a older cent to have any value and I not sure it was have any even then but to a collector looking for one. Speedy Speedy
I will try and post some pics of it. For a nine year old circulated coin,it looks almost like it just came off the press.
A higher than normal pressure strike will also result in a thicker more squared off edge than normally seen. (If you compare the edges of a proof coin and a regular business strike you will see that the proof appears to be much thicker, yet both coins start from a blank of the same weight and thickness.) With even a higher pressure a fin of metal can be extruded between the collar and the die body (a "wire edge") making the edge even thicker yet. Usually the wire rim will only be around part of the rim. (It can't be a proof, Denver doen't strike proof coins.)
