1958 Lincoln?

[pepperj]

I was sorting old finds, dumping the pennies in a sealer.
When this one caught my eye.
1958 Lincoln
Was/could be the first one?
A stinking-Zincoln?
2 grams +-
The photo shop is the correct edges of planchet.
Just a bad day in the sort.
Die squash
Very weird
Though the coin folks on thus forum will have an answer I hope.
Thanks

 

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[l.cutler]

Just looks to be horribly mangled.

 

[galenrog]

I’ve seen worse. Just a badly treated 1958 D.

Time for more coffee.

 

[pepperj]

It looks like its guts are squished out.
Thinner than a regular cent.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

When did they start stamping philly on cents?

 

[pepperj]

When did they start stamping philly on cents?

No idea

 

[UnderMiner]

That's what I would expect a Lincoln cent to look like excavated 1,000 years in the future.

 

[pepperj]

When did they start philly on cents?

In early January 2017, cents bearing the current date and with the mint mark P appeared in circulation.
There was no P on the 1958 one cent.
Also this weighs 2 grams.
The 1958 weighs 3.11 grams.
Now I really

 

[pepperj]

That's what I would expect a Lincoln cent to look like excavated 1,000 years in the future.

Exactly, or a Zincoln.

 

[villagenut]

That P doesn't belong there.....that is stranger than the condition

 

[cudamark]

Just a 1958D that took a hit on the mint mark......and everywhere else apparently!

 

[xr7ator]

Agree, Cuda. 1958D wheatie that is toasted.

 

[pepperj]

Just a 1958D that took a hit on the mint mark......and everywhere else apparently!

I'm inclined to think that also.
Just one messed up coin.
Can't figure how the D got a tail on it.
Just made it B&W.

 

[tamrock]

Huh! Looking at it made this song just pop in my head

 

[ARC]

And here i was thinking ....

 

[ARC]

Oh... and i almost forgot... here is the reverse... heh

 

[SD51]

I know that years ago, people counterfeited nickels, but did anyone recall if pennys were counterfeited too? Not a lot of profit there...(I know there are valuable pennys but the 1958 wasn't one of them)!

 

[tamrock]

I know that years ago, people counterfeited nickels, but did anyone recall if pennys were counterfeited too? Not a lot of profit there...(I know there are valuable pennys but the 1958 wasn't one of them)!

A slug in a bubble gum despener is all I can remember on any efforts to cheat the system.