Why is this penny not Flat?

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Why is the Lincoln cents not flat?

  1. Warped from heat.

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  2. Concave from die

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  1. croned

    croned New Member

    I found a Lincoln cent in a roll it is real beat up but thing I noticed it is not flat. I think it may been heated up and warped.What do you think?
     

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  3. Santinidollar

    Santinidollar Supporter! Supporter

    I think it's just some kind of damage from being in circulation. By the way, the US Mint mints Lincoln cents, not Lincoln pennies.;)

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  4. croned

    croned New Member

    I was thinking someone used it as a fuse in an old fuse box.
     
    croned, Aug 25, 2016
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  5. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Hmmm - just a guess, but I'm gonna guess somebody stuck it in a fuse box, not realizing it wasn't all copper.


    edit - well, as soon as I posted mine yours showed up. Seems we think alike :)
     
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  6. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Do you mean that it is thinner on one edge and thicker on the other? Could just be a tapered planchet. When blanks are being cut out of the strips of metal sometimes the strip is thinner at the very end causing a tapered blank. Minor error.
     
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  7. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    No he means that the surface is concave. Exactly like it would be if stuck in a fuse box and the the fuse screwed back in.

    And if you're not old enough, you probably don't know what I'm talking about.
     
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  8. croned

    croned New Member

    It is concave it does not lay flat the center of the Lincoln side is pushed out and the back side pushed in. I see no press marks on it. The Lincoln side does look like it might have been heated up.
     
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  9. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    There aren't many of us left that can remember when that was a common practice.
     
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  10. cpm9ball

    cpm9ball CANNOT RE-MEMBER

    That's okay! Both pennies and cents fit in penny loafers.

    Chris:)
     
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  11. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    PENNY! PENNY! PENNY! PENNY! PENNY! PENNY! :D
     
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  12. croned

    croned New Member

    I thought the fuse screwed in always left a mark on the Lincoln from the bottom of the fuse. But it has been a long time since I have seen one.
     
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  13. Santinidollar

    Santinidollar Supporter! Supporter

    I give up!:wacky:​
     
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  14. Santinidollar

    Santinidollar Supporter! Supporter

    I remember coins as fuses. Good way to burn down your house.
     
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  15. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    A penny (sometimes two) was a quick fix if you didn't have an extra fuse. Not real safe but it was better than not having power.
     
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  16. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    I think it's not flat! :)
     
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  17. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Doing the "Gold Penny" experiment which gives us so many posts here on CoinTalk, the pennies (cents) are coated with a thin layer of zinc and then heated to create a thin brass skin. The older way was to take the zinc coated cents and hold them in a Bunsen burner flame with forceps or tongs until they turned "golden". When students used the Zincolns for this, they often melted and looked like the OP coin.
     
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  18. Markus1959

    Markus1959 Well-Known Member

    Why is the Lincoln cents not flat?
     
    Markus1959, Aug 25, 2016
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  19. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    I would love to see this fit in a penny loafer. It's bigger than a quarter.

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  20. Smojo

    Smojo dreamliner

    I need that year
     
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  21. cpm9ball

    cpm9ball CANNOT RE-MEMBER

    I'll bet it will fit in Shaq's.

    Chris
     
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