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<p>[QUOTE="ibab, post: 1049280, member: 27630"]I'll see if i can get some scans in, but I found a few pennies that were mixed in with dimes. Some were just in rough shape, but 2 were exactly the size of a dime. </p><p><br /></p><p>1) is from the 1990's and cuts with a machine (likely) the edge is cut to be like a blade, or soemthing. and its very well worn</p><p><br /></p><p>2) is from 1968 and has been filed or belt sanded down so the outer dimension is that of a dime. the back was also whacked with some kind of tool, but its unclear if that was accidental or intentional.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure how long after 1963 this guy and the others like him had been doing it, or how long it took others to do the same thing. But these two went through a coin counting machine in a bank as a dime. Before you think too far into this - based on the ratio I've seen out of 1000 dimes, 2 will be pennies. on the flip side those machines also count dimes as pennies about 1 or 2 out of 5000.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ibab, post: 1049280, member: 27630"]I'll see if i can get some scans in, but I found a few pennies that were mixed in with dimes. Some were just in rough shape, but 2 were exactly the size of a dime. 1) is from the 1990's and cuts with a machine (likely) the edge is cut to be like a blade, or soemthing. and its very well worn 2) is from 1968 and has been filed or belt sanded down so the outer dimension is that of a dime. the back was also whacked with some kind of tool, but its unclear if that was accidental or intentional. Not sure how long after 1963 this guy and the others like him had been doing it, or how long it took others to do the same thing. But these two went through a coin counting machine in a bank as a dime. Before you think too far into this - based on the ratio I've seen out of 1000 dimes, 2 will be pennies. on the flip side those machines also count dimes as pennies about 1 or 2 out of 5000.[/QUOTE]
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