Found this in pocket change. The pics show the obverse and reverse. As you can see it's completely missing the obverse, though you can see some of the copper layer. The coin is also much thinner than is normal. Figured I'd post it here for everyone's viewing pleasure.
a while back someone posted that they found a 1949 or something wheat cent in change with the same damage on back.
Possibly it was in the progress of being made into a trick coin when it was rejected and subsequently spent/cashed in.
I found a 1953 nickle yesterday that was half as thick as normal. The reverse had been ground down. It was so flat that it was as if the coin had been placed on a belt sander or perhaps the side of a grinding wheel. It definately was not from a file or wire wheel; no person would have that much control. The grooves, however, were in all directions; not what I would have expected unless the coin had been back into circulation for a long time.
yep, come to think about it that is what had happened to the 1949 wheatie too. i guess the coin has to pass certain requirements.
Most decent machine shops would have the tools to do it, even 50 years ago. Think about the precision parts in the modern engine....insanely small tolerances. Trick coin for sure, but fun find. Tails I win...anything else you loose
