What the heck is this 1973 penny?!

I have never seen anything like this before! Does anybody have an idea what it is?

 

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Haven't you ever seen an "R" that was just hanging around?

It took a hit. It's PMD. That's all!

 

PMD

 

That was my first thought, but look at how perfect the lines still are. No nicks, scrape marks, or other notes of impact.

 

Took a hit damage

 

The coin shows many impacts, you just need to study it more.

 

That is reasonable, I will put it in my study album. Thanks!

 

Many new collectors think the same. Years of wear smooths out any damage.

 

spend it

 

Your photos are great, do you use a camera or a computer scope ?

 

This.

Its always tough when such a coin circulates afterwards. The bright red gouge mark disappears, and any metal raised to the surface gets worn off by handling. If you would have seen this coin the day the gouge happened it would have been clear.

 

Your first thought was correct...go with your gut instinct and study How Dies Are Made on Wexler’s website.

Full copper alloy coins are very malleable, doesn’t take much to move the metal around...Spark

 

I use a 1.5 year old cell phone as both scope and camera. My pictures are only ok because I have formal training in picture/video techniques and formats.

 

Nice pics, PMD, keep searching. Thanks for the post.

 

I know I've been fooled. Hahahaha

 

Copper is soft and in the form of coins it's easily moved. You Coin took a hit and the circulation wear has smoothed out the damage so what you see is how it appears. It's neat looking but worn damage. Keep it as a training piece.

 

Being a real copper cent, hits can move things around a lot and then any possible high spots can wear down so it doesn't look like an obvious hit. I love the look it took on, but must agree it is just PMD, but I'd put it in a 2x2 and hang on to it for it's look.

 

Our posts crossed in the mail. LOL

 

Sure did. Lol

 

My personal thought is that it is a Henning Penny...