Hello coin fanatics, Im new here. Happy New Year to all you great people. I have a silly question. Can someone please show me a Texas cent. For i have a 1945 penny here and i can not see this coin as petfect as it is, being a stretched coin. Even the design at the top of the wheat with the lines, is 100 percent petfect. No letters or numbers are deformed. Please gimme some input. Thanks
Hello coin fanatics, Im new here. Happy New Year to all you great people. I have a silly question. Can someone please show me a Texas cent. For i have a 1945 penny here and i can not see this coin as petfect as it is, being a stretched coin. Even the design at the top of the wheat with the lines, is 100 percent petfect. No letters or numbers are deformed. Please gimme some input. Thanks
Welcome To Cointalk If you post a pic of your coin I'm sure someone here will be able to help you with your coin. Davw
I Googled Texas Cent Here is an example of a ex Copper Plated Cent - Texas Cent: A cent with a larger-than-normal diameter that was intentionally damaged outside the mint. The traditional method is hammering the cent between pieces of (usually) leather. However, another instance of cents with larger-than-normal diameters is now commonly seen on cents that have had their plating removed. Whatever methods are being used to strip the plating, most of which involve exposure to chemicals and heat, are leaving the resulting zinc core thinner with an expanded diameter. Below is an example of one of these stripped cents.
