Wrong Plancet????

So I recently found a weird penny in some of my dad's old coins. It's the size of dime, but isummers obviously a penny color and design. I was wondering if I'm correct that it is a planchet error.
It also says "berty" in the left and I can't find any information on what that means.

 

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Uh that's a dime

 

Added photos. I am having problems uploadino it

 

No its a dime on top of the penny. It's an exact fit. See other post, I am having trouble uploading here.

 

Looks like a dryer coin to me.

 

It's a penny that someone pounded on with a hammer or used a spoon. Probably to make a copper ring for a small child.

 

Would that make it the size of a dime?

 

Spooned...PMD!

Chris

 

Look at the rim. Have you ever seen a cent with a rim that wide?

Chris

 

No. I'm skeptical on the copper ring note because there should be a hole drilled

 

They probably realized it was far too much work to spoon it down enough to make it into a ring. I had a friend who used to make rings with silver quarters by hitting it with a spoon. It would take him weeks of pounding every day before it was down enough to begin drilling a hole. I've started rings myself using the spoon method and gave up on them.

 

It's obvious that you have never seen nor heard of a coin ring.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=coin+ring

Chris

 

Thanks so much for your reply, definitely cleared things up for me!

 

Take and upload a pic using a mirror so we can see both sides at the same time.

 

defiantly a dryer coin and the berty is suppose to be liberty but the LI was smooshed away.

 

wow i never actually looked up coin rings before until now, some of those are really nice.